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.
United Continental Holdings and All Nippon Airways announced April 1 the launch of their transpacific joint venture, though which “United Airlines and Continental Airlines may coordinate sales and marketing with ANA and improve benefits offered to each airline’s frequent flyers.” UCH President and CEO Jeff Smisek said the JV “will offer travelers greater choices, convenience and flexibility for their transpacific travels.” It was enabled by the US-Japan open skies agreement and antitrust immunity granted by US and Japanese regulators.
US FAA said it is proposing a $550,000 civil penalty against Executive Airlines Inc., the Puerto Rico-based carrier that operates under the American Eagle brand, for allegedly operating two ATR 72s without completing required inspections of the aileron control systems. According to FAA, “Executive Airlines operated the two aircraft when they were not in compliance with regulations on at least 35 revenue flights between June 13 and June 19, 2009, because the airline exceeded the mandated number of flight hours for a re-inspection.”
SITA said that more than 29.4 million bags were mishandled in 2010, or 12.07 bags per 1,000 passengers, a 6% increase over the mishandling rate of 11.38 per 1,000 in 2009 when 25 million bags were mishandled. Mishandled bags cost the air transport industry $2.94 billion, said SITA, which defines a mishandled bag as “a delayed, damaged and/or pilfered bag.”It noted that the rise in mishandled bags claims was "significantly less than the 10.4% rise in passenger volumes."
