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.
Construction of a fourth runway at Beijing Capital International Airport is looking increasingly likely, despite the facility’s geographical constraints and the declaration in 2008 that it would get no major further development. Officially, the fourth runway is under study, says a source with close ties to the airport. This source adds that it is quite likely to be built, increasing the airport’s capacity by 10-15%.
Bradley Perrett, Adrian Schofield, Leithen Francis
Asia-Pacific airlines are focused on tapping into the strong demand growth projected for their region. But the vast potential of these markets means competition is fierce, and while strategies vary, the common theme is that bold moves are considered necessary for airlines to prosper. China is still viewed as the major prize, although opportunities abound elsewhere in Asia. Even the more mature Pacific-Rim airline markets such as Japan and Australia offer growth prospects.
Korean Air Lines said last month it aimed to be Asia's strongest aerospace company by 2020. Even by South Korean standards, the assertion seemed a little ambitious, since the company's aircraft and space division is not a fifth of the size of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' aerospace company, and hardly compares with the sprawling Avic group in China.
