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.
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air parent Alaska Air Group reported record third-quarter net income of $122.4 million, up 39.7% from $87.6 million in the year-ago quarter. Chairman and CEO Bill Ayer said this quarter’s results represented the “best adjusted quarterly profit in our history” and were driven by “increased traffic, stable yields and good cost management through improved productivity and lower overhead.”
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported its tenth consecutive quarterly profit, posting earnings of $30.5 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down 0.7% compared to earnings of $30.7 million in the year-ago period. The company noted that 2010 third-quarter results were boosted by a lower tax rate and related accrued interest that raised income by $7.1 million. In the year-ago period, the company had an income tax benefit of $13.7 million.
As strike action continued across France, up to half of flights Tuesday at Paris Orly and 30% of flights at the nation's other airports were canceled, the French DGAC said (ATW Daily News, Oct. 19).
