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.
Skymark Airlines, a Japanese LCC, announced to Tokyo media Monday it is ordering four Airbus A380s, with options for two more, according to multiple reports. Airbus said it had “no comment at this time.” Skymark did not disclose the purchase price; however, Airbus lists its catalog price for an A380 at $346.3 million each. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation said Skymark plans to introduce the A380 in its fiscal year commencing April 2014 and will sign a purchase agreement next spring. Two aircraft will be delivered in 2015, followed by two in 2016.
AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines announced they each received a request for additional information Monday from the US Dept. of Justice in connection with SWA’s proposed acquisition of AirTran (ATW Daily News, Sept. 28).
Boeing and SpiceJet announced an order for 30 winglet-equipped 737-800NGs during US President Barack Obama's visit to India. The deal is valued at approximately $2.3 billion at list prices. The order was previously disclosed on Boeing’s website in July as being from an unidentified customer.
