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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The trend toward consolidation and alliances among major airlines may concern some in the Justice Department, but it hasn’t restricted opportunities for regional carriers such as SkyWest Airlines, which last month inked its first code-share deal with US Airways. Supported by a new code-share pact between United Airlines and the Arlington, Va.-based major, this latest contract on August 21 added the US Airways code to SkyWest’s United Express flights between Portland and Spokane and from San Francisco to Boise, Idaho, Eugene, Ore., and the California cities of Fresno, Monterey, Sacramento and Santa Barbara. It also covers SkyWest flights between Los Angeles and Colorado Springs, Colo.; Phoenix and Oakland, Sacramento and San Jose, Calif.
SkyWest said the agreement eventually will allow it to add the US Airways code to most of its United Express flights from Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. The US Airways deal gives SkyWest its second new partnership this year. In May the long-time United and Delta affiliate signed a pro-rate contract with Continental Airlines to fly Embraer Brasilias out of Houston.

SkyWest adds US Airways code share

The trend toward consolidation and alliances among major airlines may concern some in the Justice Department, but it hasn’t restricted opportunities for re

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