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Gregory Polek
Senior Editor

Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with New Jersey Monthly magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for Aviation International News in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

Latest from Gregory Polek

Aircraft

Boeing Reveals Third 747-8I Customer

Air China became the third airline to commit to the passenger version of the Boeing 747-8 since the launch of the program in 2005 with the signature of an
Aircraft

Boeing Starts Change Incorporation Work on 787

The 23rd 787 Dreamliner, flown from Everett, Wash., to San Antonio, Tex., last Friday, began undergoing so-called change incorporation work today at Boeing
Aircraft

Data Due on An-148 Crash by March 12

Investigators expect, by this coming weekend, to release preliminary data gleaned from the flight recorders recovered from an Antonov An-148 that crashed i
Aircraft

TAM Signs Latest Airbus A320neo Contract

Airbus has secured its third potential customer for the A320neo

Republic to add E170s to Delta CPA

Republic Airways said it has amended its capacity purchase agreement (CPA) with Delta Air Lines to provide for the addition of eight dual-class Embraer E17

Horizon to shift to Alaska brand

A change in management philosophy at Seattle-based Horizon Air will next see it adopt the colors and livery of its parent company, Alaska Airlines, and lar

Mesa emerges from bankruptcy

Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group expected to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February, after the U.S.

Airbus Cuts Through Headwinds into Japan

Airbus’s first firm order for A380s from a Japanese customer last
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Aircraft

Superjet wins Russian certification

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 has gained Russian certification

ATR Continues Surge

ATR announced a pair of big commercial deals involving its regional turboprops this week, building on an exceptional showing in 2010 that saw
Aircraft

ATR banks on resumption of turboprop revival

Judging by figures released at a Paris press briefing on January 20, the waning resurgence of the commercial turboprop market has, if anything, resumed at
Aircraft

Skymark Confirms Order for Four A380s

Japan’s Skymark Airlines converted a memorandum of understanding for four Airbus A380s to a firm order yesterday, officially marking the first sale of the

Qantas Reports Cost of A380 Engine Failure

Qantas today placed an $80 million price tag on the effect to its business of the November 4 uncontained
Aircraft

Sixteen Die in Two L-410 Crashes

Two separate crashes involving Let L-410 regional turboprops claimed a total of 16 victims on Monday.  The first involved a scheduled flight
Aircraft

UAL’s 757s Returning to Service, Disruptions ‘Mininal’

United Airlines says it expects “minimal disruption” today resulting from its grounding of its 96 Boeing 757s after a check of maintenance records showed t
Engines

Pratt Finishes Ground Testing First PW1000G

Pratt & Whitney announced today that it has finished initial ground testing on its first
Aircraft

New Japanese LCA To Launch A320 Services

A&F Aviation, the new Japanese airline established earlier this month by All Nippon Airways (ANA) and First Eastern Investment Group (First Eastern), will

GE-Avic Deal Highlights Old Suspicions

Protectionists have sounded the familiar alarms over GE’s joint venture with China’s Avic, formalized during January’s state visit to Washington by Chinese
Aircraft

Fifth Boeing 747-8 Freighter Enters Flight-test Program

The fifth Boeing 747-8 Freighter took to the air for the first time today from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.
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Aircraft

Airbus To Raise A330 Rate to 10 a Month

Airbus has decided to raise the production rate for its A330 family to 10 aircraft a month starting in the second quarter of 2013, the company announced to
Engines

CFM Recruits Ebanga to Lead JV

Former Powerjet chairman and CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga has assumed the role of president and chief executive officer of CFM International
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Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes $359,000 Penalty against SkyWest

The FAA has proposed $359,000 in civil penalties against St.
Regulations and Government

ATR Reports on Solid 2010

ATR last month reported a firm order tally for 80 new turboprops last year, double the number it accumulated in 2009, and collected revenues totaling $1.35

DOT Tightens Code-share Disclosure Rule

Some Web sites still do not meet the U.S.

GOL Adds Regional Routes to Network

Brazilian discount carrier GOL has signed a code-share deal with Passaredo Airlines, a regional airline that currently operates 103 flights to 20 destinati

ALPA, CommutAir Seek Mediation

After 20 months, North Olmsted, Ohio-based CommutAir and its 135 pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, have asked for a federal mediator

Virgin Blue, Australia’s Skywest Sign 10-year Pact

Western Australia’s Skywest Airlines last month signed a 10-year strategic alliance with Virgin Blue to fly as many as 18 new turboprops to several new des