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.
Freight carrier Heavylift has bought Ozjet, an Australian specialist airline that operates four Boeing 737s on charter and scheduled services. Ozjet tried to fly as an all-business airline in 2005, targeting the extremely busy route between Melbourne and Sydney.
Xiamen Airport in southeastern China is building a dedicated budget terminal while seeking more business from low-cost carriers. The airport, which is already unusually popular with such carriers, has begun to convert facilities at its cargo terminal to a budget passenger terminal, with completion due this year. The operating company, Xiamen International Airport Co., says it is encouraging budget airlines from Indonesia, Philippines and Australia to fly there. The Indonesian and Australian targets are presumably Lion Air and the Qantas group’s Jetstar.
China will promote regional aviation with subsidies for small and medium airports and for airlines running short flights, helping to balance its airline sector away from big trunk routes and eastern hubs while boosting sales of domestically built aircraft.
