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
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian reaffirmed his interest in the Boeing new mid-market aircraft (NMA), which he dubbed the 797, but is far less certain of the need for another potential new airliner that Boeing unveiled this week, a Mach 5 hypersonic aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian reaffirmed his interest in Boeing’s potential new mid-market aircraft (NMA), which he referred to as the 797, but is far less certain of the need for another potential new airliner that Boeing unveiled this week—a Mach 5 hypersonic aircraft.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
The air transport industry’s global emissions scheme progressed one step further this week when a set of standards was agreed at an ICAO Council meeting in Montreal.
Safety, Ops & Regulation