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.
Japan Airlines has signed a letter of intent for 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jets, which will eventually form the backbone of its domestic regional jet fleet and has also placed an order with Embraer to cover its more immediate fleet-replacement needs. The MRJ deliveries would begin in 2021. The Embraer order, meanwhile, includes a total of 15 E170s and E190s to be delivered from next year.
