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.
Air China remains committed to opening a service between San Jose, California, and Shanghai, despite a delay that probably will push the commencement beyond June.
BEIJING—Construction of the second airport for Chengdu, China, began May 27, with a target to complete the work in 2019, ahead of opening the facility the following year.