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.
This week’s top air transport stories include Japan’s regulatory approval of a proposed merger between Korean Air and Asiana, and airlines beginning to return Boeing 737-9s to service following grounding for inspections following the Jan. 5 incident involving the inflight loss of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight.
Our Air Transport editors have selected the best quotes they’ve heard from industry leaders over the past week, including Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci.
