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.
Bradley Perrett (Beijing), Graham Warwick (Washington)
Cessna and Embraer business jets should soon begin rolling out of Chinese factories, but how many of them will Chinese buyers want? (Sovereign photo: Cessna)
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. (Hactl), the largest air freight handling company at the world’s busiest freight airport, is determined not to start a price war in response to a huge rise in capacity. Instead, the company is aiming at differentiating itself by service standards, though that may not be easy.
Air freight traffic will grow at an average of 4.8% a year over the coming 20 years, says Airbus, forecasting that 80% of the market will involve emerging markets by 2032. Airlines will need to introduce 2,730 freighters into service in that time, of which 870 will be new aircraft, the manufacturer predicts. Among the new aircraft, 45% will have payloads of 30-80 metric tons, the market that interests Airbus, since its A330F carries up to 70 metric tons.
