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.
Embraer reported a $61.7 million first-quarter net loss, a reversal from the $110.6 million net profit in the year-ago quarter. The Brazilian manufacturer attributed the loss mostly to income tax expenses of $118 million. First-quarter revenue was down 14.5% to $1.06 billion, compared to $1.24 billion in the year-ago quarter. Embraer delivered 20 commercial jets and booked new firm orders for 22 commercial jets in the first quarter. At the end of the quarter, it had a $20.4 billion backlog, compared to a $19.2 billion backlog a year ago.
Lufthansa Group’s Swiss International Air Lines has finalized an order for three additional Boeing 777-300ERs, valued at $990 million at current list prices.
