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).
Creditors of HNA Group, parent of multiple Chinese airlines including the country’s largest private carrier Hainan Airlines, filed an application to a Chinese court to place the company in bankruptcy Jan. 29.
In 2020 airlines in Asia-Pacific registered just 18% of the passenger volumes seen in 2019, a decline not previously seen in the history of commercial aviation in the region.
