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).
AirAsia Group has raised MYR336.5 million ($82 million) following the completion of a two-tiered private share placement, part of a broader plan to raise MYR2-2.5 billion to save the struggling LCC operator which has been battered by the pandemic.
China’s civil aviation regulator has suspended Donghai Airlines from applying for new routes, flights and capacity as punishment for an inflight scuffle between a pilot and a crewmember.
Australia and Singapore are holding discussions on an air travel bubble that would allow quarantine-free travel for residents between the countries from July.
