Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for Aviation Week's Air Transport World magazine and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for Aviation Week.
Prior to joining the Aviation Week team in 2017, 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).
The Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) is taking the downturn of the MRO market to push ahead with the second phase of digitalization transformation efforts that began in 2017.
Creditors of HNA Group, parent of multiple Chinese airlines including the country’s largest private carrier Hainan Airlines, filed an application to a Chinese court to place the company in bankruptcy Jan. 29.
In 2020 airlines in Asia-Pacific registered just 18% of the passenger volumes seen in 2019, a decline not previously seen in the history of commercial aviation in the region.
