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.
A battle between China Southern Airlines and a fast rail line will help reveal how badly high-speed trains will undercut Chinese carriers over the coming decade. The airlines are at least facing a few years of stunted growth as the railways ministry progressively commissions the world’s largest high-speed rail system, on which it will run the world’s fastest long-distance trains.
Mitsubishi Aircraft plans to bring outside training and maintenance specialists into its MRJ program as part of an effort to assure prospective customers that it can fully support the regional jet in service. Adhering to the time line is the biggest challenge for the Japanese manufacturer, which says there is no particular aspect of the aircraft’s development and integration that it regards as unusually difficult, even though the MRJ is its first attempt at building a commercial jet.
China Eastern’s entry into the SkyTeam alliance will bring closer cooperation between two of the biggest airlines in China, lifting the chances of industry consolidation there while eliminating Oneworld’s hope of embracing a top-three mainland carrier.
