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).
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) has remained profitable, even as mass aircraft groundings and disruptions plague the Singapore air hub amid the COVID-19 crisis.
The Indonesian government is in the process of helping Garuda Indonesia draft a $1 billion financing proposal as the state-controlled airline has a $500 million Islamic bond (sukuk) due in June.
Ahead of its full year financial report on May 14, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has put out a stock announcement saying it is expecting a net loss for fiscal 2019-2020, including a material operating loss for the last quarter between January and March.