News / 'Detained' chairman reappears as CULines confirms refocus on intra-Asia

China United Lines has dispelled talk that its chairman and co-CEO, Raymond Chen Honghui, has been detained, with photos of him at a management meeting on Tuesday.

Talk that all was not well with the company started when Mr Chen disappeared from public view more than a month ago, with rumours that he had been detained.

That coincided with CULines retreating entirely from long-haul routes – its Asia-Mediterranean service had its last sailing on 15 July.

CULines was among the opportunistic regional operators ...