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.
Qantas has named the head of its budget offshoot, Alan Joyce, as successor to CEO Geoff Dixon. Joyce, who has worked for Qantas since 2000 and was previously an executive with Aer Lingus and failed Qantas rival Ansett Australia, will take over in November.
Investigators are focusing on evidence that a burst oxygen cylinder caused the large fuselage rupture that forced the crew of a depressurized Qantas 747-400 to make an emergency landing last week. The airline and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority are now checking the oxygen equipment of all Qantas 747-400s. Two oxygen cylinders were fitted in the forward hold just where the fuselage burst. One of them wasn’t there after the aircraft landed, but fragments of it have reportedly been found in the hold.
Air New Zealand may have to raise its fares for a fifth time this year because of the surge in fuel prices, says CEO Rob Fyfe. The airline may also cut capacity but will not abandon any routes, he adds.
