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).
In early December, as they limped towards a Christmas holiday season set to be marked by minimal demand, and with Brexit uncertainty on the horizon, executives at Europe’s airlines were probably thinking things could not get much worse. But then along came the latest piece of bad news.