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.
ICAO announced Wednesday it adopted more stringent air cargo security standards in the wake of the threat recently exposed when explosives disguised as printer cartridges were found in air cargo shipments originating in Yemen (ATW Daily News, Nov. 9).
Amsterdam-based AerCap Holdings announced Thursday it signed a Letter of Intent with Boeing for the purchase of “up to 15 737-800 aircraft, consisting of 10 firm aircraft and five purchase rights.”
The US Dept. of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that US airlines carried 66.2 million scheduled system domestic and international passengers in August, up 1.8% from 65 million in August 2009. Traffic rose 2.9% to 75.7 billion RPMs on a 2.4% rise in capacity to 88.7 billion ASMs, producing a load factor of 85.3%, up 0.4% from 84.9% in August 2009. Load factors for domestic and international flights were 85.1% and 85.6%, respectively, for August.
