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.
Airline association chiefs have joined forces in calls to remove air traffic growth restrictions—such as overreaching government policies, exorbitant taxes, and a lack of cohesive and timely plans for air traffic management modernization and airport capacity expansion.
Asiana Airlines (OZ) has posted a third-quarter consolidated net profit of KRW80.2 billion ($73 million), a turnaround from a net loss of KRW34.7 billion for the same period a year ago.
Asian carriers continue to be hit hard by the cargo market slump brought on by a global economic slowdown and weak consumer confidence in Europe and the US, the head of the Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said Thursday.
