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.
All Nippon Airways will be a launch operator for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), committing itself to another pioneering role in an airliner despite its unhappy experience with Boeing 787 delays. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has taken an order from the airline for 15 of the advanced regional jets, which will boast a composite wing and Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines. All Nippon has options on 10 more.
Air New Zealand will boost capacity to Melbourne and Sydney this year with larger aircraft and more flights. Starting Oct. 26, ANZ will deploy a Boeing 767-300 on the Melbourne-Auckland route, replacing an Airbus A320. In December, the route will get third service, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Auckland-Sydney route will also get three more weekly flights, using an A320.
