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.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) announced that SWA and AirTran pilots have reached a tentative agreement on seniority. SWA finalized closing of the acquisition of AirTran Holdings May 2.
Boeing celebrated the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner Monday to launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) during a ceremony adjacent to the factory where the airplane was assembled.
Boeing has completed the contractual delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner to launch customer All Nippon Airways. Flyaway of the airplane to Tokyo is scheduled Tuesday morning from Paine Field in Everett, Washington state.
