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.
Chinese distributor GDAT on April 14 signed a deal with Cirrus Aircraft for 60 SR four-seat propeller aircraft and six SF50 private jets, while the flying-club subsidiary of Avic has ordered eight more SRs. Beyond that, another Chinese customer is close to buying 20 Cirrus aircraft this year, says Scott Jiang, director of Cirrus’s Chinese business.
SHANGHAI—Boeing expects that the 777 will be its candidate for an expected Australian government requirement for ministerial transport aircraft, though the 787 is also a possibility. Makers of traditional business jets are also awaiting the competition, since the government could decide to partly replace its two 737 Boeing Business Jets and three old Bombardier Challenger 604s with their products while relying on Airbus KC-30 tankers for carrying large passenger loads.
Chinese business aviation operator Deer Jet has stopped buying business jets for the foreseeable future and will instead focus on managing aircraft for other clients.
