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.
Expansion of international freight facilities at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) in eastern China will begin this year, following approval from provincial authorities.
Australia plans to acquire an enlarged fleet of naval logistics helicopters, probably late this decade, to be followed by long-range rotorcraft for the army.