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.
Jakarta-based LCC Mandala Airlines suspended all flights Thursday pending a "major restructuring exercise" aimed at attracting new investors, but the financially troubled airline's future viability is unclear with its fleet of five Airbus A320 family aircraft being returned to lessors.
The Air Line Pilots Assn. announced Monday that 97% of cargo carrier Evergreen International Airlines crewmembers would support a lawful strike if a satisfactory collective agreement is not reached with management. ALPA, which represents EIA's 228 flight crew, said in a statement that 86% of eligible pilots voted in the poll. Crewmembers have been in negotiations since 2005 ( ATW Daily News, Aug. 18, 2010).
Embraer on Monday finalized the sale of 10 E-190s to China's CDB Leasing Co., which signed an MOU for the order in December 2009. The jets will be operated by China Southern Airlines and will be used to develop new markets, Embraer said. The first delivery is expected in the second half of 2011.
