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).
Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) chairman Chang Kang-wei emerged from radio silence Dec. 13—the day the Taiwanese airline was supposed to have ceased operations—saying the carrier will resume operations after securing funds from new investors.
The Taiwan ministry of transport and communication has approved Starlux Airlines’ air operator’s certificate (AOC) application, as it moves toward its commercial flight debut on Jan. 23, 2020.
