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.
Chinese manufacturer COMAC has confirmed its plan to fly the third C919 flight-test aircraft this year as the program works toward a targeted first delivery in 2021, state media say, citing the company.