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.
Low-cost carrier Jetstar has picked Melbourne and Auckland as its first two long-haul destinations out of Singapore, with flights to the Australian city starting in December and to Auckland, in March 2011. The Qantas-controlled airline will operate the services using its new 303-seater A330-200 aircraft.
Cathay Pacific will sell its 15% stake in Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) to parent Swire Pacific and use the proceeds to develop its core aviation business. The transaction is valued at HK$2.6 billion ($333 million), and Cathay Pacific will earn a profit of about HK$1.8 billion. The money will be used to support the airline's core business, including investments in aircraft, products and services, as well as a new HK$5.5 billion cargo terminal being built at Hong Kong International Airport.
ANOTHER TRY: South Korea plans to make a second attempt at launching a satellite on June 9, almost 10 months after its first launch failed. The rocket is again a KSLV-1, and it should be the last launch of that model, which has been a technology demonstrator. A larger rocket, the KSLV-2, is planned. The KSLV-1 uses a Russian first stage and a South Korean upper stage. The KSLV-2 should have much greater South Korean technology content and be able to place 1.5 tons in low Earth orbit.
