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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An Air Canada affiliate plans to launch operations from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on May 1, posing the first competition from the controversial downtown island airfield for incumbent regional carrier Porter Airlines since it launched operations in 2006.
Air Canada said last month that a new regional affiliate–Sky Regional Airlines–would operate up to 15 daily return flights between downtown Toronto and Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport using five Bombardier Q400 turboprops leased from Air Canada subsidiary Jazz Air.
Commonly known as Toronto Island Airport, the downtown facility has stood at the center of controversy ever since City Center Aviation–a company controlled by Porter Airlines founder Robert Deluce–<a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/evicted-jazz-takes-fight-for-toronto-island-to-feds-985/">evicted Air Canada</a> from the island airport in 2006. Along with Continental Airlines, Air Canada–after a series of court battles–grudgingly accepted a minority share of new slots allocated last year by the Toronto Port Authority and declared its intention to return to Toronto Island in February. However, complex leasehold negotiations with City Center Aviation forced another launch delay, until this May.

Sky Regional To Pressure Porter

An Air Canada affiliate plans to launch operations from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on May 1, posing the first competition from the controversial dow

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