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.
US Airways announced Wednesday it has signed a new agreement with Wi-Fi supplier gogo to expand its onboard Wi-Fi service to more of its Airbus narrowbodies and to extend the service to its Embraer E-190/-175/-170 regional jets.
The US Senate has voted against reauthorization of Export-Import Bank, casting more uncertainty about the future of the federal credit agency that will soon reach its $100 billion cap.
