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.
Air Cote d’Ivoire, national carrier of the Ivory Coast, will add two Bombardier Q400s to its fleet after converting options it held on the type to a firm order. The two options were acquired under a contract announced Dec. 18, 2013, which also included a firm order for two Q400 NextGen aircraft. Air Cote d’Ivoire took delivery of its first two aircraft in 2014, in a dual-class configuration. The firm order is valued at approximately $69 million, based on current list prices.
Air Canada’s US-based workforce, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), has ratified a new collective agreement reached Feb. 4.
[UPDATED] Alaska Airlines has confirmed that flight 448, enroute from Seattle to Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure on Monday afternoon after the pilot reported hearing banging from beneath the aircraft.
