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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Hawaii’s Island Air will fly de Havilland Dash 8s between Kahului, Maui, Lihue, Kauai and Hilo as Go!Express under the terms of a tentative code-share deal it signed with Mesa Air Group in late February. Mesa turned to Island Air after its current code-share partner on the islands, Mokulele Airlines, signed a deal with Republic Airways that saw three Embraer E170s registered to Republic subsidiary Shuttle America migrate to Hawaii and fly scheduled service under the Mokulele brand. However, before a planned fourth E170 made its way to the islands, Republic threatened to confiscate Mokulele’s entire operation if it failed to pay overdue installments on an $8 million loan. Mokulele made at least two of the payments and, as of press time, continued to operate with financing help from a mainline U.S. carrier. Mesa’s contract with Mokulele expires on April 28, at which point it plans to expand its relationship with Island Air.

Mesa Swaps Hawaiian Partners

Hawaii’s Island Air will fly de Havilland Dash 8s between Kahului, Maui, Lihue, Kauai and Hilo as Go!Express under the terms of a tentative code-share deal

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