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).
Taiwanese startup Starlux Airlines has turned to business travel and cargo demand as the basis for selecting its next destinations, postponing and suspending leisure routes the airline had promoted before the pandemic.
The Indonesian research and technology agency BPPT plans to develop a floatplane variant of the PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) N219 Nurtanio turboprop aircraft to foster domestic aerospace research and manufacturing capabilities.
