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.

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Articles

By Karen Walker
A major war in Europe on top of a global pandemic might be thought of as a double black swan hit. In truth, and based on not-too-distant history
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
For air travel to return to a more normal experience, it must look and feel close to what people experience on the ground. That’s especially true of
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Air Busan has partnered with CAE since 2013 and its pilots train exclusively at CAE’s training center in South Korea.
On Location