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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With conversion of an MOU signed in February, Bombardier last month inked a firm contract with Air Canada regional partner Jazz Air covering 15 Q400 turboprops. 
Valued at $454 million at list prices, the firm order accompanied options on another 15 airplanes, potentially raising the value of the contract to $937 million. The deal calls for delivery of the single-class, 74-seat airplanes to start in May next year. Although Jazz describes the airplanes as “the perfect complement” to its current fleet of Bombardier CRJs and de Havilland Dash 8s, they will also happen to replicate the Q400s rival Porter Airlines flies from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, formally known as Toronto City Centre Airport.
Jazz’s mainline partner, Air Canada, last flew from Toronto City Center in 2006, when City Center Aviation–a company controlled by Porter Airlines founder Robert Deluce–evicted it from the island airport. Since then Porter has flown from the downtown field unopposed (see related story).

Jazz Air finalizes deal  for 15 Q400 turboprops 

With conversion of an MOU signed in February, Bombardier last month inked a firm contract with Air Canada regional partner Jazz Air covering 15 Q400 turbop

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