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.
IATA reported that the international premium traffic rose 2.9% year-over-year, in March, which was “down significantly” from 7.8% growth recorded in February, owing to the “impact of the unexpected events in Japan and [the Middle East and North Africa],” IATA said in its latest Premium Traffic Monitor.
US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an air traffic control incident in which an arriving SkyWest Bombardier CRJ200 nearly overflew a departing ExpressJet Embraer ERJ-145 at Chicago O’Hare International on the morning of May 16.
Bombardier said it has begun installing semi-automated jigs at its new wing facility in Belfast to support assembly of the advanced composite wings for the CSeries. The jigs are being installed in the second phase of a new 600,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and assembly facility. The first phase, which will accommodate the fabrication of the composite components, was completed at the end of 2010.
