Gregory Polek
Senior Editor
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 New Jersey Monthly 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 Aviation International News 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.
Latest from Gregory Polek
Finncomm, Caledonie sign for 11 ATRs
Avions de Transport Regional yesterday landed the first pair of three orders it plans to announce this week at the show, when Finnish regional airline Finn
Carriers ink big deals for A350s, 777s
A huge commitment for Airbus A350s and Boeing 777s by Qatar Airways took top billing yesterday here in Paris.
Second-tier suppliers will have more say in new OEM designs
IBM predicts a sea change in the aerospace industry over the next five to 10 years, one that will transform the prevailing business model from one dominate
Second Indian airline to ink big Airbus buy today
India’s Kingfisher Airlines will place an order for Airbus A380s at the Paris Air Show today, according to officials with the carrier contacted in Mumbai y
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Airbus will defy U.S. block on A350 funds Headline here Head
Airbus will launch the A350 airliner in September regardless of whether the transatlantic trade dispute over airliner subsidies has been settled by then.
Titan case reveals lessons unlearned
For Titan Corp., the biggest fine imposed by the U.S.
Alteon cultivates home-grown talent
Believe it or not, there’s a pilot shortage out there, not in the U.S.
CAE makeover has touched up all areas
Like a country doctor on a series of house calls, CAE president and CEO Bob Brown has seen his share of ill health in the Canadian aerospace industry over
North America fails to join Europe’s airline recovery
For many of the world’s airlines, the long and tiresome road to recovery has taken them through dips and valleys, hairpin bends and in some cases complete
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A final farewell to the Boeing 757
The 1,050th and last 757 airliner took off from Boeing’s Renton, Washington assembly plant for delivery to Shanghai Airlines on April 28, some 23 years aft
Big orders setting stage for turboprop encore
The so-called regional jet revolution has in the minds of many rendered turboprops a quaint throwback to the days of “commuter” airlines.
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RJ builders flirting with the big boys
The chasm separating the realm of full-size airliners and regional airplanes has claimed another victim, swallowing the Boeing 717 as surely as it did the
Onex to breathe fresh life into Boeing subassembly plants
As Canadian conglomerate Onex prepared for its historic buy of Boeing’s commercial subassembly plants in the midwestern U.S., 9,300 employees at Boeing sit
Bell sharpens focus on MAPL
Bell Helicopter Textron’s vision for a brand-new line of rotorcraft known as the modular affordable product line (MAPL) has sharpened further now that a po
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Decision imminent on final design of 787 shell
Say what you will about Boeing’s political and boardroom troubles over the past few years, the company’s technical proficiency doesn’t appear to have dimin
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France, Canada Orders Launch Triple-Seven Freighter
Boeing last month launched the much-anticipated 777 Freighter with five firm orders from Air France.
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777-200LR ready to stretch its legs to the limit
As the second Boeing 777-200LR makes its public debut right here in Paris this week to show off its snazzy interior, prototype number-one continues to work
Alteon, Royal Air Maroc open training site
CasaAero, a joint venture between Boeing’s Alteon training division and national airline Royal Air Maroc, celebrated the official grand opening of its faci
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Record-setting Boeing 777-200LR sets down in Dubai
The Boeing 777-200LR has arrived in Dubai, fresh from setting a new world distance record for a commercial airplane.
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Boeing hopes to bloody A380 with its 747-8s
As Airbus prepared to parade the A380 in Dubai, Boeing finally launched the Advanced 747 as a serious competitor.
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Embraer cuts sales forecasts for small RJs
Brazil’s Embraer has once again lowered its projection for the small regional jet segment, predicting a 10-year demand for just 500 units in the 30- t
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Boeing putting 787 on a diet
Boeing presented a series of planned improvements to the design of the 787 Dreamliner during two days of program updates issued in Seattle last week to air
Emirates A380s will test Honeywell’s fledgling customer support organization
Honeywell Aerospace is in the throes of a reorganization that will result in a 5-percent cut in its workforce by year end.
More sims coming for Emirates-CAE
Canada’s CAE expects to place another three flight simulators next year at the Emirates-CAE Flight Training Center near Dubai International Airport to supp
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Sukhoi poised to reveal new RRJ purchase
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft is negotiating a new sales contract for the Russian Regional Jet and may be able to announce the deal here at Dubai 2005 tomorrow, a
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Stork-Fokker F100s to go to Iran
Officials from Stork-Fokker Services are meeting with IranAir’s new chairman and managing director Saeid Hesami here at the show to talk over plans to send
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Jet Aviation DXB to service BBJs
Boeing has chosen the new Jet Aviation Dubai facility as an authorized service center for the Boeing Business Jet, the companies announced here yesterday.
B777 wins a $9.7 billion Emirates OK
Emirates Airline chairman HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum yesterday announced the largest ever order in the history of the Boeing 777 program.
McElroy leaves RAA for Airports Council
The Regional Airline Association launched a search for a new president last month after Debby McElroy accepted the position of senior vice president of gov
ALPA lambastes Mesa’s operations record
The Air Line Pilots Association last month issued a vote of no confidence in the management of Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group due to what union leadership ch
