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.
Air New Zealand will boost capacity to Melbourne and Sydney this year with larger aircraft and more flights. Starting Oct. 26, ANZ will deploy a Boeing 767-300 on the Melbourne-Auckland route, replacing an Airbus A320. In December, the route will get third service, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Auckland-Sydney route will also get three more weekly flights, using an A320.
CANBERRA SAVES: The Australian government is looking for savings in defense administration worth A$1 billion ($900 million) a year that it could put into frontline forces and their equipment.
