S.E Asia and China Correspondent, Air Transport World and Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent, Aviation Week Network.
Singapore
Summary
Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.
Prior joining AWN, Chuanren was a regular serviceman in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Air Defense and Operations Command. He now serves the RSAF Air Force Information Center as a reservist. He holds a Bachelor of Mass Communications as well as a Diploma in Mechatronics (Aerospace).
Rising fuel costs and closed borders are keeping China’s national carriers—Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines—under pressure and, despite increases in passenger revenue, all three saw their losses widen in 2021.
Singapore has become the 18th country and first in Southeast Asia to join the Artemis Accords, multinational commitments aimed at encouraging a peaceful, sustainable and beneficial use of space and its exploration.
