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.
Korean Air is close to taking over Korea Aerospace Industries, consolidating the country’s aircraft-building sector into a single company. The airline, which has its own aerospace division, has long expressed an interest in buying its rival, and almost stitched up a deal to do so in 2003. Since major shareholders of Korea Aerospace are now willing to sell, a takeover looks likely — but not inevitable. Management, labor and political opposition could yet get in the way.
Korean Air is close to taking over Korea Aerospace Industries, consolidating the country’s aircraft-building sector into a single company. The airline, which has its own aerospace division, has long expressed an interest in buying its rival, and almost stitched up a deal to do so in 2003. Since major shareholders of Korea Aerospace are now willing to sell, a takeover looks likely — but not inevitable. Management, labor and political opposition could yet get in the way.
