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.
Embraer on Monday finalized the sale of 10 E-190s to China's CDB Leasing Co., which signed an MOU for the order in December 2009. The jets will be operated by China Southern Airlines and will be used to develop new markets, Embraer said. The first delivery is expected in the second half of 2011.
United Continental Holdings announced that Continental Airlines’ fleet service employees, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, ratified their collective bargaining agreement with the company Dec. 29 ( ATW Daily News, Nov. 30).
The RIA Novosti news agency reported Monday that the Russian Investigation Committee said "technical failure or violation of fire safety rules" could be the likely causes of a Jan. 1 engine fire and explosion aboard a Kogalymavia Airlines Tu-154B-2 as it taxied for takeoff Jan. 1 at Surgut in Russia. The fire destroyed the jet, killing three and injuring 39.
