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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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/Northern Kentucky International Airport for July 8. Mesa contacted all affected passengers and reaccommodated them on Delta Air Lines or Comair flights. 
“While we were pleased with the initial bookings for our Cincinnati service, once Comair began flying again, we felt our future Cincinnati prospects were limited without a major airline affiliation,” said Jonathan Ornstein, Mesa’s chairman and CEO. “Mesa will find other destinations for the aircraft deployed to Cincinnati, and we continue to pursue opportunities for the expansion of our regional jet flying.”
Betting that the Comair strike would last beyond July, Mesa had hoped to sign a new code-share contract with Delta and establish enough of a presence in Cincinnati to eventually build a new hub there. The Phoenix-based airline committed some 200 employees to the operation, initially scheduled to serve Washington Dulles, St. Louis, Chicago Midway and Nashville and Knoxville, Tenn.

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

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