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 owner of a new airline to be based in eastern China will order 30 Bombardier Q400s with the aim of setting up a regional network for the province of Jiangsu. The carrier, Sutong Airlines, will begin operations in 2015 with an all-Q400 fleet, says Bombardier, announcing the signature of a letter of intent for the order. No options are mentioned.
The world's strongest carbon fiber is Toray Industries' T100G, says the Japanese manufacturer. Now China, denied access even to lower grades from foreign suppliers, is working on matching it.
