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.
Sichuan Airlines is considering opening its first two Western European routes as part of a strategy in which the carrier spreads worldwide before beefing up long-haul frequencies.
HNA Group is sending its leading carrier, Hainan Airlines, into the long-haul market of Kunming, a southwestern Chinese city where China Eastern Airlines has long been the dominant operator.