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.
BEIJING — Japan has permitted Kawasaki Heavy Industries to supply Rolls-Royce with engine parts for the Royal Navy, providing another indication that Tokyo is relaxing its stance against military exports.
The savings in maintenance and airport charges of a papered-down A330-300 probably close that gap; but the new technology of the 737-9 and A321neo blows it wide open again.
Bradley Perrett (Beijing), Graham Warwick (Washington)
Cessna and Embraer business jets should soon begin rolling out of Chinese factories, but how many of them will Chinese buyers want? (Sovereign photo: Cessna)
