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.
Airbus A330-900s are likely to be included in a big aircraft acquisition agreement expected to be announced on Jan. 9 during a visit to China by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Now officially designated as China’s fourth intercontinental gateway, Chengdu looks forward to having more than 20 intercontinental long-haul routes this year.