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 upstart budget carrier launched charter services between Guangzhou and Zhanjiang on Dec. 2, but has stopped them while it waits for approval of its request to start scheduled services.
The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies (SJAC) has opened talks with undisclosed foreign counterpart organizations with the aim of supporting Japan’s entry into the arms export market.
While certification of Comac’s first airliner—the ARJ21—is a big step, the real test will be whether the company can provide adequate after-sale support.
