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
Boeing has made significant improvements in its environmental performance, even as total aircraft deliveries increased 50% from 2007 to 2012, the company announced in its annual Environment Report. Boeing's manufacturing and office employees consumed less energy and water, reduced carbon dioxide emissions, generated less hazardous waste and sent less solid waste to landfills. Highlights of the 2013 report include:
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Airbus and CAE are ending their 10-year airline training services partnership for a new relationship that gives Airbus broader scope to expand its own direct training service offerings.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Lessor Boeing Capital Corp. has announced additional deployments of Boeing 717s to Australian regional carrier QantasLink and to European startup Volotea.
Aircraft & Propulsion