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.
BEIJING - China's Chang'e-1 lunar probe accurately entered its working polar orbit around the moon Nov. 7, marking the end of its journey and the achievement of the challenging space navigation goals of the project. Now orbiting the moon at 127 minute intervals and 200 kilometers (120 miles) altitude, Chang'e-1 will go ahead with at least a year of lunar observations that will be prolonged by 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of fuel it saved thanks to unexpectedly precise navigation during its journey from Earth.
Hong Kong Express Airways will maintain its current growth rate throughout 2008 as it adds Southeast Asian connections to draw more traffic to its main business in the difficult Chinese secondary-city market. The carrier has begun its ninth scheduled service, a twice weekly flight from Hong Kong to the Burmese capital, Yangon (Rangoon), and will add Kuala Lumpur to its network this month. It is already connecting Hong Kong with Bangkok and describes that service as successful.
Etihad Airways has begun interlining with Australia's Virgin Blue. The United Arab Emirates carrier has been flying to Sydney since March and Brisbane since September. It says the service between Sydney and Abu Dhabi has been so successful that it will raise the frequency to 11 flights a week from next March. [email protected]
