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.
Boeing will close the Wichita, Kan., facility where it converts commercial airliner frames into military aircraft by the end of next year, the company announced Wednesday.
Boeing will close the Wichita, Kan., facility where it converts commercial airliner frames into military aircraft by the end of next year, the company announced Wednesday.
Airport Authority Hong Kong has recommended the building of a third runway at Hong Kong International (HKI) after results of a public consultation on its long-term growth plan released in December showed large support for the expansion. The HKI Master Plan 2030 consultation, conducted by the University of Hong Kong, showed that 73% of respondents support the building of a third runway, while over 80% of respondents agree that HKI should continue to expand.
