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’s recently signed code-share agreement with Frontier Airlines calls for the Phoenix-based regional airline to begin flights from Denver International Airport to San Jose, Calif., and Houston as Frontier JetExpress, starting February 17. The 8:45 a.m. flight to San Jose will mark Mesa’s first operation as a tenant of Denver International since May 31, 1998, when United Airlines stripped the airline of its long-standing code-share contract and roughly half of its passenger base. &nbsp;
Mesa will serve both destinations with a pair of 50-seat Bombardier CRJs, flying three daily round trips to San Jose and two round trips to Houston’s George Bush International Airport. Mesa chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein said he expected to field at least seven CRJs in Denver as Frontier JetExpress by the end of this year. 
Until mid-1998, Mesa flew a fleet of de Havilland Dash 8-100s as United Express from Denver, but lost money there due to the high cost of the Canadian-built airplanes and exorbitant ground handling and ATC charges at DEN, according to Ornstein. After Mesa canceled certain money-losing routes, United stripped it of its code agreement, citing breach of contract and poor operational performance.

Regionals Update: Mesa returns to Denver next month

Mesa Air Group’s recently signed code-share agreement with Frontier Airlines calls for the Phoenix-based regional airline to begin flights from Denver Inte

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