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.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has authorized the establishment of Jiangxi Airlines, 60% of which will be owned by China Southern Airlines affiliate Xiamen Airlines.
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft, operational with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for only about two years, is already in line for upgrades, notably for its Northrop Grumman Mesa radar.
