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).
The LCC’s prospects of restoring its international network have been boosted after the Vietnamese government approved plans for the resumption of commercial flights to “safe countries” starting from January.
After years of reliability issues, Australia has finally decided that it will prematurely retire its entire fleet of 47 NHIndustries/Airbus NH90 helicopters, designated locally as the MRH-90 Taipan, almost a decade earlier than planned. Instead, it has contacted the U.S. government for advice on the potential sale of 40 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks.
