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.
Although hurt by the deterioration in cargo markets, Asia Pacific airlines are expected to see net profits grow by $200 million to $3.2 billion in 2013, according to IATA.
A rash of mostly positive third-quarter results across US and Canadian carriers helped underscore the general feeling that North American airlines are climbing out of the abyss of red and into a more stable era of sustained profitability.
The airline business remains a roller-coaster ride unsuited for the faint of heart. First the good news: global airline financial performance improved in the second and third quarters of 2012 following a sharp deterioration in the first quarter.
