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&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;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&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;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.

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Polish flag carrier LOT confirmed last month that it will place a firm order for ten 70-seat Embraer 170s. LOT’s supervisory board approved the estimated $200 million deal on January 10, finally settling a hard-fought competition between the Brazilian manufacturer and its Canadian counterpart, Bombardier. Scheduled for delivery early next year, the first of the 70-seat jets will augment a fleet of fourteen 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145s already spread throughout LOT’s network of 12 domestic and 49 international destinations. LOT’s regional arm, EuroLOT, also operates eight ATR 72s and five 
ATR 42s. The board also approved options on another 11 Embraer 170s and/or Embraer 190s. Last year government-controlled LOT joined the Star Alliance in an effort to maintain its dominant position in central Europe after its former partner, Swissair’s Qualiflyer group, went bankrupt. Although the government has said it wants to float a majority of its 68-percent holding this year, the company first needs to complete its restructuring and find a buyer for the 25-percent stake formerly held by Swissair.

Poland’s LOT Commits to Embraer 170s

Polish flag carrier LOT confirmed last month that it will place a firm order for ten 70-seat Embraer 170s.

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