Karen Walker

Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief and Group Air Transport Editor-in-Chief

Washington, DC

Summary

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.

Karen serves on the board of directors of the International Aviation Club of Washington and was the IAC’s President in 2017-2018.

Karen has been writing about the aerospace and air transport industries for more than 35 years and is a recognized authority and commenter on the airline industry. She is a regular speaker and moderator at aviation events worldwide and a commentator on radio and TV news programs. In 2019, she was a judge and a presenter for IATA’s inaugural diversity awards.

Based in Washington D.C., she gained her degree in journalism in the U.K. and is a multiple winner of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s aerospace journalism awards.

She is the recipient of the Aerospace Media Awards 2021 Aerospace Writer of the Year.

Articles

By Karen Walker
The 2018 lifetime achievement award has been bestowed on four long-serving US DOT officials: Bob Goldner, Paul Gretch, Susan McDermott and Mary Street.
ATW Opinion

By Karen Walker
A large portion of Trent-powered Boeing 787s have been affected by the engine reliability issue due to air pollution.
ATW Opinion

By Karen Walker
The proposed amendment to U.S. Section 530 contains a provision to the FAA Reauthorization Bill that has grave implications for the 120 US Open Skies agreements if passed.
ATW Opinion