Linda Blachly is Senior Associate Editor for Air Transport World and Aviation Week. She joined the company in July 2010 and is responsible for producing features for Air Transport World’s monthly magazine and engaging content for the aviationweek.com. She is based in the Washington DC office.
Linda received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.
Previous positions include Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Trips & Getaways magazine; Editor, The Bowie Blade-News, published by Capital-Gazette Communications; and Managing Editor, The Prince George’s Sentinel. She has also worked as an editor for book publishers, Maryland Historical Press and BOMI Institute.
Linda lives in Gambrills, MD and enjoys family time with her three adult children and six grandchildren.
WestJet reported C$21 million ($20.6 million) in second quarter net income, more than double the C$9.2 million profit in the year-ago period, citing improved demand and higher commissions from its WestJet Vacations business.
Air Canada last month lost its latest fight with Porter Airlines over access to Toronto City Centre when a Canadian federal court judge dismissed AC’s allegations of wrongdoing by Porter and the Toronto Port Authority related to slots at Toronto’s downtown airport.
Airline share prices rose 10% between January and July, outperforming the overall stock market, IATA said yesterday in its latest "Airlines Financial Monitor." Last week, IATA reported that June international passenger traffic rose by 11.9% and freight traffic by 26.5% ( ATW Daily News, July 29).
