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.
Canadian regional Jazz Air announced Thursday it has reached a tentative labor contract with approximately 43 crew schedulers represented by CAW. Terms of the agreement were not released. "I commend the CAW leadership and Jazz management teams involved in the process for their hard work and professionalism," said Jazz President and CEO Joseph Randell.
Delta Air Lines said Thursday it will begin codesharing with Hawaiian Airlines on Sept. 15, placing the DL code on HA flights between Honolulu and Kahului, Lihue, Kona and Hila, as well as between Kona and Kahului.
ExpressJet Holdings pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Assn., said Friday they "see reason for optimism" in the proposed sale of ExpressJet to SkyWest Inc. and merger with Atlantic Southeast Airlines ( ATW Daily News, Aug. 5). According to the union, ExpressJet's pilots initially "reserved judgment" on the sale until they could determine "how the merger would affect" them.
