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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Merger talks between Virgin Express and SN Brussels Airlines–the renamed regional successor of bankrupt Sabena Airlines–came to a crashing halt in late February when Virgin chairman Richard Branson and investors in the Belgian regional failed to agree on a price and the would-be company’s management structure. “After two months of detailed discussions, both companies have decided that it is not in their mutual interests to merge, both on financial and cultural grounds,” Virgin Express said in a statement. Formerly known as Delta Air Transport, SN Brussels continues to fly its fleet of Avro RJs and BAe 146s to 35 European destinations, including Rome, London and Barcelona, under a code-share arrangement with Virgin Express. Although its ambitions to succeed Sabena as a global carrier appear derailed for the time being, it recently announced plans to begin serving former Sabena markets in Africa with three leased Airbus A330-300s on April 26.

Regionals Update: Virgin Express-SN Brussels talks collapse

Merger talks between Virgin Express and SN Brussels Airlines–the renamed regional successor of bankrupt Sabena Airlines–came to a crashing halt in late Feb

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