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).
Boeing has dialed down its growth forecast and aircraft demand for the Chinese market over the next two decade, as China is expected to face “economic headwinds” amid protracted border closures and icy trade relations with the West.
More than three years after Beijing grounded the Boeing 737 MAX family, China Southern Airlines appears set to be the country's first airline to return the type to service as early as Oct. 30.
