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.
Flight testing is due to begin next year for an upgrade of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 trainer aimed at the U.S. Air Force’s T-X requirement.
The possibility of another delay to the delivery of the MRJ regional jet has been foreshadowed by prime contractor Mitsubishi Aircraft and its major shareholder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
China Postal Airlines has ordered 10 Boeing 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) variants and seven Boeing 757-200s for cargo conversion, amidst intensifying competition in the Chinese express-delivery market.
