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.
The financial leasing arm of the giant Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is likely to order Boeing 777Xs, say two industry executives. The quantity under negotiation is unknown. ICBC Financial Leasing also is considering ordering 787s from Boeing, the industry officials say. The aircraft need not be supplied to Chinese airlines. The lessor could place them with carriers elsewhere.
BEIJING — Japan’s proposed H-X rocket program is moving ahead, with country’s space agency calling for a private company to develop, build and operate the family of space launchers. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, prime contractor and operator of the current H-IIA and H-IIB launchers, is the only conceivable supplier for the H-X, which will presumably be given the permanent name H-III when full-scale development begins.
BEIJING — China’s Juneyao Airlines has agreed to order 90 Boeing and Airbus narrowbody aircraft for itself and for its proposed low-cost subsidiary, industry officials say. The contracts are part of a great wave of aircraft orders that the Chinese government, its airlines and private carriers will announce this year as the country finalizes arrangements for the 2016-20 planning period.
