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.
HNA Group subsidiary Ningbo Airlines—already established as a company but not yet ready for operations—should begin flying next year, following the arrival of support from its other intending shareholder: the government of the city of Ningbo in eastern China.
China Southern’s intended order for 80 Boeing 737s, despite its size, suggests the carrier’s narrowbody fleet will become increasingly dominated by the Airbus A320 family.
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport forecasts its annual passenger numbers will expand by 50% in the next five years, as it grows into its now-official role as China’s fourth long-haul gateway.
