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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Boeing’s net order count for this year has returned to negative territory with the loss of another order for twenty five 787s. The cancellation, posted today on the Chicago-based company’s Orders and Deliveries web site, brings Boeing’s net order tally to negative-one and raises the number of lost orders for 787s to 57 airplanes. Earlier this year Dubai-based leasing company LCAL scrapped its order for 16, Russian airline S7 dropped an order for 15 and Hong Kong-based real-estate developer Joseph Lau cancelled his firm order for a single executive-configured model.
A Boeing spokesman said the customer involved in the latest 787 cancellation asked to remain unidentified.
Boeing also lost an order for a single 777 this week, according to the site. The spokesman said that customer asked to remain anonymous too. Last month Boeing announced plans to cut production of the 777 from seven to five per month starting in June. It has yet to signal any deviation from its plans for 787 production following certification, scheduled for next year’s first quarter. The company’s 787 order tally now stands at 861.&nbsp;

Boeing Loses Major Order for 787

Boeing’s net order count for this year has returned to negative territory with the loss of another order for twenty five 787s.

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