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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Bombardier Aerospace delivered the first “enhanced” CRJ900 to American Airlines regional subsidiary PSA Airlines on June 5. Based in Dayton, Ohio, PSA plans to start operating the jet under the American Eagle brand “later this summer.” Formerly a US Airways Express subsidiary, it now flies 35 CRJ200s and 14 CRJ700s primarily out of Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.
Announced last December, American’s order for 30 CRJ900s–all destined for PSA–includes options on another 40 of the regional jets. Bombardier says the new variant burns 5.5 percent less fuel than earlier-generation CRJ900s.
Before the June 5 delivery ceremony, American unveiled the airplane to AA and PSA employees at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and in Dayton. Senior executives and employees of American, PSA, Bombardier and major CRJ suppliers attended the delivery ceremony at Bombardier’s factory in Mirabel, Quebec.

PSA Gets First ‘Enhanced’ CRJ

PSA plans to start operating the jet under the American Eagle brand “later this summer.”

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