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.
Colombia and the US officially signed an open skies agreement Nov. 11, which is scheduled to take effect in late 2012, US Dept. of Transportation announced Friday, making Colombia the 100th US open skies partner.
US FAA finalized a rule designed to protect most of today's commercial aircraft and those designed in the future from structural damage as they age. The new rule, Aging Airplane Program: Widespread Fatigue Damage, was announced Friday.
US Dept. of Transportation said Wednesday that tarmac delays continue to decline at US airports since the 3 hr. tarmac delay rule went into effect in April ( ATW Daily News, Oct. 13).
