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
Regionals Update: Great Lakes opens new frontiers
Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Great Lakes Aviation has won the right to serve 20 new markets under its recently signed code-share contract with Frontier Airlines.
Regionals Update: Rolls-Royce joins AVIC in Chinese RJ studies
Rolls-Royce and Chinese aerospace representatives have signed a “collaborative agreement” to study a new regional jet application for the Rolls-Royce BR710
Regionals Update: RAA names new chairman
The Regional Airline Association (RAA) board of directors elected Atlantic Coast Airlines president Tom Moore chairman of the association during its annual
Regionals Update: Siebenburgen makes way for Buttrell at Delta Connection
Delta Air Lines’ “realignment” of its regional subsidiaries reached the top levels of management last month, when Delta senior v-p of strategy and business
Regionals Update: Midwest express settles with Fairchild, buys more 328JETs
In an unexpected turn of events, Midwest Express and Fairchild Dornier have resolved their dispute over the cancellation of the 428JET program, leading to
Embraer turns sights toward better times with 70-seat 170
Embraer president and CEO Mauricio Botelho reflected on the events of September 11 and their subsequent effect on the world’s aerospace industry with a quo
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Converting CRJs to executive use may be a boon to completion shops
Divergent conditions in the regional airline business and the business jet realm have conspired to create a potential boon for completion companies involve
Mesingers trading on a global scale
The market for business jets–both new and used–has taken on a decidedly more global complexion in the past three years in the estimation of Jay and Josh Me
Embraer and ATR team on Web-based suppot network
A long-anticipated collaboration between Brazil’s Embraer and France’s ATR finally came to fruition in late June during the Paris Air Show, as the two regi
Continental to spin off wholly owned subsidiary
In a move widely expected to portend an industry trend in years to come, Continental Airlines last month confirmed its intention to sell 20 percent of its
American draws blueprint for St. Louis feed network
American Airlines’ absorption of TWA took a major step forward when the Dallas-based American signed a pair of new code-share agreements with TWExpress par
Industry braces for fallout from Comair strike settlement
An unsettling air of ambivalence descended on Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport last month as Comair pilots ended an 89-day strike that cost Delta Air L
Regionals Update: Air Wisconsin preps for pilot strike
The pilot leadership of United Express affiliate Air Wisconsin last month rejected a proffer of arbitration by the National Mediation Board, triggering the
Regionals Update: DCAir chief applauds last-ditch effort to save merger
Despite United Airlines’ apparent decision to abandon its attempt to buy US Airways for $4.3 billion, the airlines agreed to submit to the Justice Departme
Regionals Update: Mesa pulls out of Cincinnati
Mesa Air Group last month reversed its decision to establish a new Cincinnati base and canceled all the flights scheduled to six cities from Cincinnati/Nor
Aircraft
Regionals Update: Northwest takes more CRJs
Bombardier won a long-anticipated and hard-fought operational lease deal from Northwest Airlines for 75 CRJ-440 regional jets, the newly designated 44-pass
Regulations and Government
Regionals Update: FAA denies stay of duty-time crack-down
The FAA has denied a request by the Regional Airline Association and Air Transport Association to defer enforcement of its November interpretation of a lon
Aircraft
Tailwind Shows Off First CRJ Execliner
At EBACE this week, Tailwind Capital unveiled the first of five Bombardier CRJ conversions it plans to sell to business aviation customers.
Aircraft
Superjet Flies
Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft flew the new Superjet 100 for the first time on May 19 from the company’s main assembly site in the Far East city of Komsomo
Charter & Fractional
DC Aviation plans to increase its charter fleet
Already one of Europe’s most prominent private jet operators, DC Aviation (Booth No.
Teal sees dip in bizjet sales for 2011-12, bouyancy thereafter
The Teal Group’s 18th annual business jet overview cites high corporate profits, business globalization, high commodity prices, emerging market growth and
Charter & Fractional
Arab Wings fly here for new Citation CJ1+]
Jordanian executive charter provider Arab Wings (Booth No.
Training and Workforce
CAE bullish on training demand
CAE civil training and services group president Jeff Roberts arrived in Geneva Monday as his company announced a major expansion of its business aviation t
Aircraft
BBJ success not expected to peak soon
A record order backlog for Boeing 737s has put Boeing Business Jet president Steven Hill in something of a quandary.
Aircraft
Moravan wins tender for Let Kunovice assets
Czech bankruptcy administrator Zlatava Davidova has awarded the assets of bankrupt Let Kunovice to Czech lightplane manufacturer Moravan Otrokovice, ostens
Charter & Fractional
Swiss VistaJet establishes Southeast Asia beachhead
Switzerland’s VistaJet (Booth No.
Engines
PW810 finds its niche via airliner industry’s back door
What presented the impetus for the PW810’s development?When we started to talk about the PW800 family [in the late 1990s], we were talking abo
Time seems ripe for IPOs as regional values blossom
Airline executives whose predictions of regional divestitures raised eyebrows just two years ago watched their prophesies turn to hard reality in late Febr
American to strip AA* code from STL feeders
American Airlines has responded to a contractual limit on ASM growth at its regional affiliates with a plan to strip the AA* code from certain St.
