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.
Consolidation of China’s second- and third-largest airlines has become increasingly probable after minority shareholders in China Eastern rejected a proposal for Singapore Airlines and a Singaporean state investment fund to buy into the struggling carrier. The shareholder vote, itself a landmark in Chinese corporate history, has opened the way for the parent of second-ranked carrier Air China to go ahead with its proposed bid for 24%-30% of China Eastern.
BEIJING - China's first lunar probe, Chang'e 1, will face its next challenge Feb. 21, when an eclipse will leave it without solar power for 5.5 hours and freeze its systems at extremely low temperatures.
Pratt & Whitney aims to slash handling times for engines with an overhaul shop it and China Eastern Airlines have begun building in Shanghai. The plant, which will handle only CFM56 engines, will be Pratt & Whitney’s first major overhaul facility in China. “This was a very, very logical move for us to make” in developing an Asian strategy, says James Keenan, general manager of Pratt & Whitney’s engine maintenance business.
