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.
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported its tenth consecutive quarterly profit, posting earnings of $30.5 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down 0.7% compared to earnings of $30.7 million in the year-ago period. The company noted that 2010 third-quarter results were boosted by a lower tax rate and related accrued interest that raised income by $7.1 million. In the year-ago period, the company had an income tax benefit of $13.7 million.
As strike action continued across France, up to half of flights Tuesday at Paris Orly and 30% of flights at the nation's other airports were canceled, the French DGAC said (ATW Daily News, Oct. 19).
IATA said Tuesday that the prospect of only moderate economic growth next year led to it issuing a "more subdued $5.3 billion [aggregate global net profit] outlook for 2011" compared to its $8.9 billion industry profit forecast for full year 2010 (ATW Daily News, Sept. 22).
