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.
BEIJING—China’s top economic planning authority has approved construction of the long-delayed second major airport for Beijing. Construction should take five years, says the National Development and Reform Commission, governing authority for the project. But when construction will begin is still unclear. The State Council (cabinet) and Central Military Commission approved construction of the airport two years ago; at that point, the project seemed ready to go ahead.
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Jetstar is boosting its network in the Australia-New Zealand market, as it quickly ramps up service into its latest New Zealand gateway in Wellington. The Australian-based carrier plans to begin four weekly flights between Melbourne and Wellington from March 30. This announcement follows hard on the heels of Jetstar’s Dec. 12 launch of its first international route to Wellington, from Gold Coast, the Australian leisure destination.
