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.
Former Qantas executive John Borghetti will be the new CEO of rival Virgin Blue Airlines, replacing co-founder Brett Godfrey, who has retired. Separately, Qantas said its chief financial officer, Colin Storrie, has resigned for personal and health reasons.
Bankrupt Japan Airlines may cut back or even close its cargo operation as it restructures under protection from creditors. The airline says it has given up plans to merge its air cargo service with that of shipping company Nippon Yusen KK. Japanese newswire Jiji reported that Nippon Yusen was no longer committed to combining its Nippon Cargo Airlines with the ailing airline.
Japan Airlines is seeking 2,700 voluntary early retirements as it works on cutting its payroll by 15,700. Most of the reductions should come from the main flying operation in the group, Japan Airlines International. The company, under bankruptcy protection from creditors and being reorganized with government help, posted an operating loss of ¥120.8 billion (US$1.35 billion) from April to December, compared with ¥8.8 billion a year earlier.
