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.
Mitsubishi Aircraft has reiterated the importance of the larger version of its MRJ regional jet, following a news report that the company would shift its focus to a smaller version.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said the MRJ90 regional jet remains its “number one priority” after Asian news outlets reported the company was changing direction to concentrate on development of a smaller version intended for the US market.
Chinese airlines will incur losses of CNY4 billion ($580 million) from the Boeing 737 MAX grounding if the aircraft has not returned to the air on June 30, the China Air Transport Association said.
