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.
Cessna continues to benefit from the growth of flight training in China, announcing the sales of 11 Skyhawk 172 aircraft as schools ramp up to meet the country’s voracious appetite for pilots.
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.
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.
