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.
In a possible sign of further liberalization of its commercial aviation sector, the Chinese government has permitted two privately-owned airlines to join the busy Taiwan market. The country’s leading budget carrier, Spring Airlines, says that from Oct. 27 it will operate three weekly flights between Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport in Taiwan’s second-largest city. Juneyao Airlines will follow on Nov. 1, with a three weekly service on the same city pair.
BEIJING — Japan has permitted Kawasaki Heavy Industries to supply Rolls-Royce with engine parts for the Royal Navy, providing another indication that Tokyo is relaxing its stance against military exports.
The savings in maintenance and airport charges of a papered-down A330-300 probably close that gap; but the new technology of the 737-9 and A321neo blows it wide open again.
