Editorial: Why Airlines Are Resilient But Not Robust

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Airlines have once again demonstrated their resilience through yet more challenging times in the first half of 2025. Two fatal and highly visible crashes this year—of an American Airlines regional operator Bombardier CRJ700 and then an Air India Boeing 787-8—followed a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash...
Karen Walker

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.

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