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.
Asiana Airlines (OZ) will expand its long-haul routes and focus on becoming a world top 10 carrier by 2015, according to the South Korean carrier’s senior VP, strategic planning. Speaking in Seoul Nov. 4 at the Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines annual meeting, Kim Ebae said its fleet would grow from 71 aircraft this year, to 83 in 2013 and 88 in 2015. ATKs would increase by 5% this year, 14% in 2013 and 25% in 2015, he said.
The European Commission will send a package of proposed new aviation regulations covering ground handling, airport slots and noise to the European Parliament later this month.
