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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For one week at least, the gloom of the global recession seemed to lift along with the storm clouds gathered over the grounds of the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France. An unexpected 
<link news>flurry of sales activity gave the air transport market in particular a welcome boost, as contracts for firm orders, options, letters of intent and memoranda of understanding totalled close to $17 billion. 
Unfortunately for Boeing, buyers didn’t spread their investments evenly, as Airbus grabbed most of the headlines by announcing $12.9 billion worth of “commitments” for 127 airplanes, 58 of which involved firm orders worth $6.4 billion. In stark contrast to its European rival, Boeing left Paris with a decidedly modest order total of two 737-800s from Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary MC Aviation Partners, giving the Chicago-based company a net order total for the year of nine airplanes. Still, given the state of the world’s airline business, the fact that Airbus and the various regional aircraft manufacturers could stage a sales rally of the magnitude seen in Paris surprised even the most optimistic observers.
For its part, the slumping regional airliner business contributed firm orders for no fewer than 75 airplanes. Contracts included a conversion of options on 24 
<link news>Sukhoi Superjet 100s to a firm order from Russia’s Avialeasing, a day after Hungary’s Malev signed an LOI covering 30 airplanes. 
<link news>ATR added firm orders for 20 turboprops, including 18 of its new -600 Series from two airlines, Bombardier inked firm contracts covering 15 CRJ1000s and eight Q400 turboprops and Embraer, conspicuous mainly for its failure to exhibit any airplanes, sold seven E190s and a single E175.&nbsp;

Paris Air Show Stages Industry Sales Rally

For one week at least, the gloom of the global recession seemed to lift along with the storm clouds gathered over the grounds of the Paris Air Show in Le B

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