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).
Greater Bay Airlines, a new Hong Kong-based venture by Chinese billionaire Wong Cho-bau, is reportedly willing to take in former Cathay Pacific Group staff members as it waits for its air operator certificate.
The Indonesia ministry of transport has agreed to inject IDR216.5 billion ($14.7 million) in subsidies for selected airports in the archipelago in a bid to reduce airfares and promote air travel.
Cebu Air, the parent company for Philippines LCC Cebu Pacific, and Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) have terminated two joint ventures in the Philippines, buying out each other’s shares in the Aviation Partnership (Philippines) Corporation (APPC) and SIA Engineering Philippines Corporation (SIAEP).
