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.
The French DGAC issued a statement Monday asking airlines to reduce their Tuesday flight schedule by 50% at Paris Orly and by 30% at all other airports in the nation owing to some ATC trade unions' planned participation Tuesday in the country's general strikes over pension reforms (ATW Daily News, Oct. 12).
The French DGAC issued a statement Monday asking airlines to reduce their Tuesday flight schedule by 50% at Paris Orly and by 30% at all other airports in the nation owing to some ATC trade unions' planned participation Tuesday in the country's general strikes over pension reforms (ATW Daily News, Oct. 12).
The US Dept. of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Friday that the July systemwide passenger load factor for US airlines was 86.9% (86.9% domestic and 86.7% international), the “highest recorded for any July.”