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.
Malaysia’s AirAsiaX says it will fly to Paris “soon” after securing landing rights at Paris Orly Airport. The long-haul branch of the AirAsia budget airline group already flies from its Kuala Lumpur base to London, Melbourne, Tianjin and other international destinations.
Saab’s South Korean unit is under investigation, suspected of bribing officials at a government research institute in return for secret information about the KF-X fighter program.
Japan Airlines has deferred negotiations for investment from American and Delta until after a team of government-appointed experts completes a review of the ailing carrier’s business. The airline hopes to resume the talks after the panel presents its report, which is due by the end of November. Japan Airlines is a member of the oneworld alliance, alongside American. A tie-up with Delta would imply a switch to the SkyTeam alliance by the carrier, Asia’s largest.
