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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Airbus delivered a record total of 498 aircraft last year, which is 15 more than it shipped in 2008, the company announced today. The figure includes 402 A320-family aircraft, 86 A330/A340s and 10 A380s. Airbus Military, the military aircraft division of Airbus, delivered 16 light and medium transport aircraft.
Despite what it called challenging market conditions, Airbus also reached its order intake target. Overall, Airbus won gross orders for a total of 310 airplanes worth $34.9 billion. Its net tally of 271 airplanes accounted for $30.3 billion, it added. Airbus said its net order total equated to 54 percent of the worldwide market share for airplanes seating more than 100 seats.
The new orders include 228 A320-family aircraft and 78 units from the A330/A340/A350XWB family, as well as new orders for four A380s. Three years after the launch of the 
<link news>A350XWB, Airbus surpassed orders for 500 of the new type. As of the end of last year, Airbus counted a total order backlog of 3,488 aircraft, valued at $437.1 billion, representing six years of full production.
Airbus noted that its Power 8 restructuring program again exceeded targets, delivering new gross cost savings of around €2 billion on a recurring basis. Power 8+ aims to add a further €650 million by 2012.
“Considering the economic and financial environment, we have done rather well in 2009… We plan to keep production at 2008/2009 levels, but we need to remain prudent and flexible. We are not out of the woods yet,” said Airbus president and CEO Tom Enders. “Our prime mission in the coming weeks is to secure a solid financial footing for the 
<link news>A400M. After nine months of intense deliberations with our government customers, it’s time for decisions.”

Airbus Delivers Record Number of Aircraft in 2009

Airbus delivered a record total of 498 aircraft last year, which is 15 more than it shipped in 2008, the company announced today.

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