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
SkyWest to acquire ExpressJet
The consolidation of the regional airline industry continued unabated last month, as St.
Latest IATA Projection Reflects Surging Profits, Industry Volatility
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revised its 2010 airline industry outlook to reflect a projected profit of $8.9 billion, compared with t
Shareholder Approval Paves Way for October 1 Merger of United and Continental Airlines
UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and Continental Airlines expect their propos
FAA Proposes New flight- and Duty-time Rules
The FAA today proposed new pilot du
Engines
Boeing 787 Flight Test Aircraft Keeping Busy
Boeing moved quickly this month to erase any doubts about the progress of the
ALPA Attacks ‘Outsourcing’ during United/Continental Merger Talks
Major airline pilots have long complained about the practice of “outsourcing” flying to lower-cost regional carriers, despite the existence of clauses writ
Engines
Prospects for Re-engined Boeing 737 Become More Remote
Pratt & Whitney and CFM might not like to hear it, but if the assertions of Boeing CFO James Bell prove accurate, the 15- to 16-percent fuel efficiency
Smoke Filled Cockpit as UPS Pilots Attempted Return to Dubai
The pilots of the UPS Boeing 747-400 cargo airplane that crashed on September 3 reported smoke in the cockpit as they tried to return to Dubai Internationa
Aircraft
Willis Lease Finance Inks Deal for Superjets
Novato, Calif.-based Willis Lease Finance, a leading lessor of commercial jet engines, last month signaled its intention to enter the regional jet leasing
Aircraft
Delta Tells Comair To Shed 50-seat CRJs
Delta Air Lines has directed regional subsidiary Comair to shed more than half of its Bombardier CRJs over the next two years, according to an internal mem
Aircraft
Boeing Leaning Away from 737 Re-engining
Chances that Boeing will fit new engines on the existing 737 appear slimmer now than at any time since the company began talking publicly about the prospec
Aircraft
Airbus Starts A350 XWB Production in Germany
Airbus has started making parts for the A350 XWB i
DOJ Approves UAL-CAL Merger Plan
The U.S.
Aircraft
Boeing Pushes First 787 Deliveries into Mid-First Quarter
Boeing today announced yet another delay to the 787 program, following “an assessment of the availability of an engine needed for the final phases of fligh
IATA: Strong Demand Continues as Recovery Enters Slower Second Phase
Statistics released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the month of July clearly reflect an
LAN-TAM Merger Reflects Growing Latin American Solidarity
In what might prove the biggest cross-border airline merger ever between two
Engines
Sukhoi Superjet 100 Makes First Appearance in Italy
The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 landed in Italy for the fir
Engines
Rolls-Royce Sues UTC for Patent Infringement
Rolls-Royce today filed a complaint alleging infringement by United Technologies Corp.
Aircraft
Airbus-led Aire2 Trials To Spearhead Green Trajectories with A380
An Airbus-led partnership with Air France and the air navigation service providers from the UK, Canada and the U.S.—respectively, NATS
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Assembles First PurePower PW1524G Engine for Bombardier CSeries
Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly of its first PurePower
Chinese E190 Overshoots Runway, Killing at Least 43
An Embraer E190 operated by China's Henan Airlines overshot the runway at Yichun City's Lindu Airport in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, killing
U.S. Issues Cross-Appeal of WTO Findings on Airbus
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) yesterday appealed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body two findings in the
787 Dreamliner Training Program Gains FAA Nod
The FAA has granted provisional approval to Boeing Training & Flight Services for its 787 Dreamliner pilot training courses, according to the company
Aircraft
NTSB Team Assisting Investigation of Aires Boeing 737 Crash on San Andrés Island
The NTSB has dispatched a team of investigators to assist the government of Colombia with its investigation of yesterday's airplane accident on the Caribbe
Aircraft
Case for 737 Re-engining Will Weaken if Airframe Advances Accelerate
A decision to re-engine the Boeing 737
EADS Bullish on Airbus, Raises Order Projection to More Than 400
EADS has raised its order projection for its Airbus unit this year to more than 400 aircraft from its previous estimate of between 250 and 300 following a
McNerney: Boeing 747-8 at More Risk of Schedule Slippage than 787 Dreamliner
Citing “a couple of workmanship issues, and a design issue or two,” Boeing CEO Jim McNerney planted another seed of doubt about the company's chances of de
Aircraft
Boeing Still Inspecting 787 Dreamliners for Workmanship ‘Issues’
Boeing hasn’t finished inspecting parts of the tail sections of flight-test and production 787 Dreamliners, several weeks after the Chicago-based aerospace
Aircraft
Cathay Pacific To Order 30 A350 XWBs, Convert Purchase Rights for Six Boeing 777-300ERs
Cathay Pacific Airways has signed a letter of intent with Airbus covering 30
Comair Mechanics Pull Out of FAA Safety Program
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 142 today said it has withdrawn from the maintenance Aviation Safety Actio
