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.
Delta Air Lines has suspended service until further notice to and from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport and its New York JFK hub after it diverted a Boeing 747 following reports of a rocket near Tel Aviv airport. Delta has released a statement saying that Delta flight 468, a 747 from JFK with 273 passengers and 17 crew, diverted to Paris Charles de Gaulle Tuesday after reports of a rocket or associated debris near the airport in Tel Aviv.
[UPDATED] Delta Air Lines has suspended service until further notice to and from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport and its New York JFK hub after it diverted a Boeing 747 following reports of a rocket near Tel Aviv airport.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that crashed over Ukraine Thursday, killing all 298 on board, was shot down by a surface-to-air-missile (SAM) from territory controlled by Russian-supporting militants, US President Barack Obama said Friday.
