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).
Airbus Helicopters and Korea Aerospace Industries have handed over the first production Light Civil Helicopter to a local civilian operator, Gloria Aviation.
Both all-Boeing operators, Solaseed and Air Do have merged to combine the airlines’ aircraft maintenance and customer information and will conduct joint marketing campaigns.
A South Korean lawmaker says that the Republic of Korea Air Force's Lockheed Martin F-35As were classified as “operationally unready” on 234 times over an 18-month period ending in June.