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.
The latest Boeing 787 to be received by All Nippon Airways (ANA) was partially powered on its delivery flight April 17 by biofuel, marking the first time a Dreamliner has used alternative fuel. The flight from Everett, Washington, to Tokyo Haneda used a fuel mix partly derived from used cooking oil, and marked the first transpacific biofuel flight, according to Boeing.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH), parent of ACMI cargo carriers Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, announced Thursday that its Atlas Air unit has inked an agreement with Etihad Airways to provide Boeing 747-400 freighter service for Etihad Cargo.
