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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FedEx Express feeder carrier Empire Airlines expects to start flying passengers to Kauai and Lanai in Hawaii as a Hawaiian Airlines code-share partner by “mid-summer,” Empire CEO Tim Komberec told a gathering of reporters at last month’s RAA Convention in Montreal. To fly a pair of ATR 42-500s with a new certificate registered under the name Ohana Airlines, the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based company answered Hawaiian’s call for passenger feed into islands now served primarily by fellow ATR operator <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2013-04-02/larry-ellison-buys-island-air-airline-adds-first-atr-72">Island Air, recently bought by Oracle boss Larry Ellison</a>. Komberec noted that he didn’t think FAA budget cuts will result in an extended delay in certifying Ohana, but he also expressed pity for airlines trying to change equipment gauge. “They’re very limited in what they can do,” said Komberec.

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