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
Environment
Could Low Fuel Prices Hurt Demand for New Jets?
Airbus COO for customers John Leahy often points to a coming wave of airplane retirements when questioned about airlines’ appetite for new equipment, even
Aircraft
Q1 Deliveries Stable, Net Orders Negligible for Airliner OEMs
First-quarter production activity essentially kept pace with last year’s rates at the major airliner manufacturers, as Boeing delivered
Aircraft
Boeing Makes First Move To Slash Widebody Output
By early in the year it seemed obvious to all but the OEMs themselves that significant production rate cuts would have to happen, but it would take until t
Aircraft
Further Delay for 747-8 Intercontinental
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney today revealed a further delay of the 747-8 Intercontinental, from the second quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of that year.
Aircraft
Delta To Ground 30 CRJs
Delta Air Lines will ground at least 30 Delta Connection Bombardier CRJs this year as it moves to execute “synergies” associated with its merger with North
Aircraft
Boeing Assembles First 747-8 Wingset
Boeing has completed major assembly of the first set of wings for the 747-8 Freighter, the company announced today.
Aircraft
Flybe Takes 50th Q400, 1,000th Ultra Electronics ANC installation
The UK’s Flybe has taken delivery of its 50th Bombardier Q400 airliner, equipped with the 1,000th installation of Ultra Electronics’ active noise control (
Aircraft
EASA Pilots Fly Superjet 100s
EASA pilots have performed the first familiarization flights on Sukhoi Superjet 100 S/Ns 95001 and 95003, Superjet International announced today.
Aircraft
American Reveals Extent of 787 Delays
American Airlines expects its first Boeing 787s to arrive about a year later than originally planned due to last year’s machinists’ strike at Boeing, accor
Aircraft
Boeing Sells Eight More 787s to Gulf Air
Bahrain’s Gulf Air has lifted Boeing’s order figures out of negative territory this week with a conversion of so-called purchase rights on eight 787-8s, ma
Aircraft
Superjet International Gains EASA/ENAC Part 145 Maintenance Approval
The Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) has issued EASA/ENAC Part 145 certification to Venice, Italy-based Superjet International, allowing the regiona
Aircraft
Embraer’s Airliner Production Drops 16 percent in Q1
Embraer delivered 32 commercial airplanes during the first quarter this year, the company announced today.
Qantas Outlines Delivery Deferrals
Qantas Airways said it would defer delivery of four Airbus A380s and 12 Boeing 737-800s by about a year today as it announced a series of steps to counter
Boeing To Cut Twin-Aisle Production Next Year
Boeing announced this afternoon that it will cut production of its 777 line from seven to five airplanes a month beginning in June 2010 “due to significant
Aircraft
Alenia Completes Acquisition of Sukhoi Stake
Finmeccanica subsidiary Alenia Aeronautica yesterday completed its acquisition of 25 percent plus one share of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), Finmec
Engines
NTSB: Multiple Lapses Cited in 2007 American Airlines Engine Fire
An unapproved and improper procedure was used by mechanics to manually start the left engine on an American Airlines jetliner.
Airbus, Boeing Tally Dismal First-Quarter Order Totals
Airbus ended the month of March with firm orders for 16 airplanes, raising its annual total out of red figures for the first time this year, to a net total
Regulations and Government
Court rules Embraer layoffs legal
A Brazilian labor court ruled late last month that Embraer would not have to reinstate some 4,300 employees it laid off in February after it found that the
ASA Grounds 60 CRJs for Maintenance Checks
Atlanta-based Atlantic Southeast Airlines last night voluntarily grounded 60 of its Bombardier CRJ200s after an internal audit showed that maintenance crew
Embraer To Appeal Labor Court Ruling
Brazilian airplane manufacturer Embraer plans to appeal a local labor court’s decision that set March 13 as the official date for the start of the company’
ASA Crew Breaks Barriers
Atlantic Southeast Airlines made history on February 27 when it flew the first commercial flight in the U.S.
Aircraft
Airbus and Boeing Unfazed by Warnings of Massive Funding Gap
The sentiment expressed by the world’s two big airliner manufacturers seem increasingly out of line with the reality perceived by the financial community w
Aircraft
Bombardier Vindicated by C Series Orders
It took eight months of waiting since its industrial launch, but the C Series finally drew its first firm orders this month, putting to rest gathering spec
Aircraft
‘Humbled’ Boeing Prepares to Fly 787
Demonstrating a degree of public humility many feel has been all too absent among the bankers collectively responsible for the global financial crisis, Boe
Aircraft
New ATR Lands in Guernsey
Guernsey, UK-based regional carrier Aurigny Air Services last month took delivery of its first new ATR 72-500 in accordance with a firm contract it signed
Aircraft
Pratt readies GTF for MRJ, C Series
Pratt & Whitney has frozen the design configuration of the PW-1000G Geared Turbofans for both the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Bombardier C Series after fin
Comair No Longer for Sale
Delta Air Lines president Ed Bastian publicly committed to maintaining ownership control over half of the company’s regional flying last month, meaning its
Jeju Air Q400s Up For Sale
South Korea’s Jeju Air has hired UK-based Airstream International Group to “re-market” its four in-service Bombardier Q400 turboprops along with a large sp
Superjet Int’l Opens Moscow Office
Superjet International–the marketing, customization and customer support arm for the Sukhoi Superjet 100–announced the opening last month of its Russian br
Mesa Swaps Hawaiian Partners
Hawaii’s Island Air will fly de Havilland Dash 8s between Kahului, Maui, Lihue, Kauai and Hilo as Go!Express under the terms of a tentative code-share deal
