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.
All Nippon Airways will be a launch operator for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), committing itself to another pioneering role in an airliner despite its unhappy experience with Boeing 787 delays. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has taken an order from the airline for 15 of the 90-seat version of the advanced regional jet, which will boast a composite wing and Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines. All Nippon has options on 10 more.
Construction of a new Beijing airport will begin before the end of 2009, as China moves to support rampant aviation growth only weeks after opening the world’s largest terminal at the current airport. The new facility will open in 2015 and handle domestic flights, officials say, defining its role for the first time.
All Nippon Airways will be a launch operator for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), committing itself to another pioneering role in an airliner despite its unhappy experience with Boeing 787 delays. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has taken an order from the airline for 15 of the advanced regional jets, which will boast a composite wing and Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines. All Nippon has options on 10 more.
