The airline industry faces its biggest crisis ever

KOREAN AIR employees disinfect an aircraft.
Credit: Korean air
In the immediate days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the US skies and airports were eerily still and empty as a three-day ground stop went into effect. Much has changed since that September 2001 crisis, and the airline industry, as a collective, was in far better financial shape as it entered...
Karen Walker

Karen Walker is Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief and Aviation Week Network Group Air Transport Editor-in-Chief. She joined ATW in 2011 and oversees the editorial content and direction of ATW, Routes and Aviation Week Group air transport content.

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