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 business aviation operator Deer Jet has stopped buying business jets for the foreseeable future and will instead focus on managing aircraft for other clients.
As if weak Chinese demand were not bad enough for business jet makers, lessors in the country will be looking for homes for 30 aircraft this year. Gulfstream and Bombardier will be most challenged.
