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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Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Company (HEAI) has reached an agreement with Hainan Airlines parent HNA Group to cut in half a firm order for 50 ERJ 145s assigned to Hainan subsidiary Grand China Express. As of April 30, the Chinese factory had delivered 12 ERJ 145s to Grand China under the terms of the original contract, signed in August 2006. According to the new agreement, HEAI will deliver the remaining 13 aircraft by the first half of 2011, rather than the end of next year.
A joint venture created in 2003 by Embraer and China’s Harbin Aircraft to produce ERJ 145s for the Chinese market, HEAI now carries a total backlog of 13 airplanes. It delivered just one airplane in the first quarter of this year and, under the terms of the revised agreement with Hainan, will deliver less than one ERJ 145 per month to Grand China. Embraer’s order books show no further firm commitments for the 50-seat jet. However, the manufacturer hasn’t reported cancellations of any of the fifty 100-seat E190s HNA ordered in 2006. As of last month Grand China had taken delivery of 10 of those airplanes.

Hainan Group cuts ERJ 145 order in half

Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Company (HEAI) has reached an agreement with Hainan Airlines parent HNA Group to cut in half a firm order for 50 ERJ 145s 

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