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.
Kazakh carrier Air Astana will continue to grow 10-15% in the near future, taking up options on eight Boeing 787s and also acquiring more Embraer 190s, says President Peter Foster. Air Astana will seek to join an airline alliance in two to three years, probably Star Alliance or SkyTeam, Foster adds.
CANBERRA and BEIJING — Operation of a relocated space-surveillance radar in Western Australia may be only the first step in expanded cooperation between the U.S. and Australia in space situational awareness. Separately, Australia also is looking at setting up an independent capability in the field, says a defense department spokeswoman in Canberra.
