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 two-class arrangements, the current versions of the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet family seat 66-92 passengers. An incorrect top number was published in Aviation Daily March 30.
Australia’s transport forces will undergo an unexpected shakeup, with the government seeking two logistics ships and an extra Boeing C-17 that were not planned. The ships, probably a second-hand Bay-class assault vessel from Britain and a fast multi-hull ferry from an Australian builder, will be introduced because of the near collapse of the Royal Australian Navy’s amphibious fleet due to unserviceability.
South Korea has scrapped a five-year-old plan to build a second major airport, saying that the two sites deemed most suitable were not suitable enough. One, at Miryang, would have needed too much earthwork, and the other, on Gedeok Island, has been criticized for being too far from major cities and too close to military airspace.
