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.
IATA announced Qantas Airways (QF) CEO and managing director Alan Joyce has succeeded KLM president and CEO Peter Hartman as chairman of the board of directors.
A pitot tube warning and a medical emergency of a passenger delayed the June 5 inaugural flight of Scoot (TZ), Singapore Airlines’ new medium- to long-haul low-cost carrier, by more than an hour.
Piedmont Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways, has reached a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) on a four-and-a-half year collective bargaining agreement. CWA represents the airline's more than 3,000 fleet and passenger service employees. The CWA will present the details of the tentative agreement to its members with an endorsement for ratification, which is expected to take place in July. Once ratified, the agreement will extend through January 2017.
