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.
Chinese logistics group Shenzhen International has agreed to buy a quarter of the stock of Shenzhen Airlines through a subsidiary, giving it a 49% share that cements state control of the carrier. Air China, with which Shenzhen Airlines’ operations are partly integrated, bought 51% of the carrier’s shares last year. Shenzhen International is itself 49% owned by the government of Shenzhen, a large and economically strong city near Hong Kong, while Air China is majority owned by the central government.
David A. Fulghum (Washington), Bill Sweetman (Washington), Bradley Perrett (Beijing)
Beijing continues to reveal new additions to its growing fighter inventory. The latest pictures feature its Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark design, which is intended to populate the decks of the country's first aircraft carrier.
The aircraft can work harder these days, but there is only so much you can get out of a pilot. For that reason, Australia will need its new flight training system to handle more trainees, with the result that its air force will be able to conduct the high-tempo operations available from new types, such as the Lockheed Martin F-35.
