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.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is trying to bring forward the first deliveries of FA-50 supersonic attack aircraft for the Philippines and Iraq while also pursuing new export contracts for the type.
The carrier will also connect Chengdu to Colombo, Sri Lanka and has decided to increase its service between Beijing and Los Angeles to three flights daily, from the current two.