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.
Cathay Pacific Airways and major shareholder Swire Pacific will sell their combined 30% stake in Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. (HACTL) in anticipation of the airline setting up a competing freight operation. When Cathay won a franchise to establish its own air cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport, it agreed to sell its stake in HACTL. Other shareholders of HACTL will buy the Cathay and Swire holdings.
Singapore-based budget airline Tiger Airways is hiring more pilots, cabin crew and support staff to grow its business out of Singapore Changi Airport. The carrier has 100 pilots and 200 cabin crew and says it will recruit 20 and 60 more, respectively. It will also bring in several new people to oversee its cargo operations, a new but growing area of importance for the airline.
Liquids in cabin baggage are now allowed on flights from Kuala Lumpur to the European Union under an agreement between the EU and Malaysian air transport authorities. Before this, liquids, gels and aerosols, including duty-free liquor and perfumes purchased at Malaysian airports, were confiscated from transit passengers by security authorities at EU airports because of security concerns.
