Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.
Before joining Aviation Week in 2006 he was a macroeconomics, politics and aerospace journalist with Reuters. Perrett holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Macquarie University, Sydney. He left Aviation Week in 2020.
The Comac C919 will share a technological level with the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350, with a forward-looking strategy of systems design aimed at keeping the aircraft competitive during its production life, says the deputy chief of Avic, the Chinese manufacturer’s main supplier. If it is to thrive in commercial markets, Avic must rid itself of the mind-set of a military manufacturer, says Executive Vice President Zhang Xinguo in a wide-ranging interview with International Aviation, the Chinese partner magazine of Aviation Week.
Momentum is building for Japan to ease its nearly complete ban on arms exports, raising the prospect of the country taking incremental steps to participate in international weapons programs.
Air China will greatly expand its business aviation operation in Beijing with support from the city government, competing with a similar set-up run by Hainan Airlines. The northeastern city of Dalian is also negotiating with Air China for the creation of an airline at its local airport, but in that case the new company will offer normal scheduled services, not business aviation.
