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
Engines
Mitsubishi keeps MRJ on course; critical design review under way
Development of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation’s MRJ regional jet continues on schedule, as some 800 engineers, designers and subcontractors in Nagoya, Jap
Aircraft
Airbus orders still flow, but now just a trickle
Cooling down somewhat from a red-hot commercial start at this year’s Paris Air Show, Airbus yesterday won a pair of modest but significant firm orders–one
Enders stirs up subsidy row again
Calling Boeing’s 787 “probably the most subsidized airplane ever,” Airbus CEO Thomas Enders nevertheless feels comfortable with the €11 billion ($15 billio
Aircraft
New Asian deals get show orders rolling yet again
AirAsiaX has placed firm orders for 10 Airbus A350-900 airliners.
Aircraft
ATR soaring as orders gush in; $300M in sales in first two days
Franco-Italian regional turboprop maker ATR continued to defy predictions for a tepid sales showing at Le Bourget yesterday when it inked a purchase contra
Horizon fuel cell for UASs packs plenty of power and endurance
Singapore’s Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies (Stand B75) is officially unveiling its new Aeropak fuel cell system here this week.
Aircraft
Ruag’s new-generation Do 228 on track for 2010 deliveries
Ruag Aerospace, the Swiss company that now holds the type and production certificates for the Dornier 228 NG, recently held its third operators’ conference
Aircraft
New 777 wing is Boeing move against A350
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has begun to study the possibility of redesigning the wing on the 777 in an effort to more effectively compete against the Airb
Aircraft
Qatar boosts Airbus with A320 orders
Qatar Airways signed a firm contract yesterday for 24 Airbus A320-family aircraft in a deal that included the conversion of an option the operator placed d
NRC helps Canadian aero firms stay sharp
Eurocopter and Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) signed a 10-year agreement on research and technology cooperation, ranging from manufacturing techn
ATC
Airbus, Honeywell sign up for SESAR ATM program
Airbus officially became a full member of the SESAR air traffic management modernization program on Friday, when it signed an agreement that marked what it
CAE wins series of C-130 contracts
CAE has won a series of contracts from prime contractor Lockheed Martin and undisclosed customers to design and build four C-130 simulators and several tra
Newest AW101 variant makes airshow debut
The latest variant of Agusta Westland’s AW101 medium-lift helicopter is appearing at the Paris Air Show for the first time here this week, raising the new
Aircraft
Superjet 100 soars onto international stage
Sukhoi’s new Superjet 100 airliner is making a triumphant international debut here at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft
Air Nostrum boosts Bombardier with new deal for CRJ1000s
Bombardier Aerospace yesterday announced a new firm order for 15 CRJ1000s from Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum.
Parker Hannifin showcases its R&D efforts here at Paris show
The presence of Parker Hannifin Corp.
Aircraft
An-148 enters service; stretch version in works
Ukrainian airline AeroSvit launched passenger service with an Antonov An-148-100 regional jet prototype on a June 2 flight between the capital Kiev and Kha
Financing outlooks point to white tails for Boeing, Airbus
Notwithstanding Boeing’s announcement in April that it will cut 777 production from seven to five per month starting next June, the world’s two big airline
Engines
737 changes signal no urgency for replacement
If it didn’t become immediately apparent when Boeing began alluding to time frames that implied a replacement of the 737 might not materialize until 2020,
Resolute Curado sees need for bold action at Embraer
Embraer expects to deliver 30 percent fewer airliners this year than it shipped in 2008, and roughly half the number of Legacy and Lineage corporate airpla
Aircraft
Boeing dismisses doubt over 787 approval target
If Boeing manages to get the 787 certified in eight to nine months as planned, it will doubtless enjoy proving the long line of skeptics wrong.
Engines
P&W freezes design of geared turbofan engines
Pratt & Whitney has (Hall 5 B20-B30) frozen the design configuration of the PW1000G geared turbofans for both the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Bombardie
BEA Confirms Conflicting Airspeed Indications from Air France A330
France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) has issued a statement confirming that sensors aboard the Air France A330-200 that
Engines
ACARS Signals from Doomed Air France Jet Point to Catastrophic Break-Up
Brazilian search teams found more wreckage from Air Fra
Engines
Bombardier Feeling Pressure over Q400 Deferrals
Bombardier’s plans to increase production of its commercial airplanes by 10 percent this year remain intact for the time being, notwithstanding Bombardier
Ukraine’s AeroSvit Launches An-148 Service
Ukrainian airline AeroSvit launched passenger service yesterday with the first Antonov
Aircraft
ASA Grounding Costs SkyWest $7.6M
Atlantic Southeast Airlines’ unscheduled grounding of 60 CRJ200s on March 31 for engine inspections lowered revenues at parent company SkyWest by $7.6 mill
Aircraft
Joy Air to Launch this Month
A new regional airline based in Xi’an, China called Joy Air plans to launch revenue operations this month with three Xi’an Aircraft (XAC) MA-60 turboprops.
Aircraft
Pinnacle Draws Nearer to Pilot Deal
Pinnacle Airlines CEO Phil Trenary last month reported “very good progress” in management’s negotiations with the airline’s ALPA-represented pilots for a n
