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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Gregory Polek

Airbus has closed on a firm order with JetBlue for 40 A320neo narrowbodies, the European manufacturer announced today.
The order amounts to a conversion of a tentative commitment JetBlue and Airbus <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/?q=aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2011-06-27/paris-air-show-2011-report">announced at the Paris Air Show</a> in June. The New York-based airline, which has yet to announce its engine selection for the new airplanes, also converted pre-existing orders for 30 A320s to an order for the same number of larger A321s, equipped with wingtip devices under development by Airbus called <a href="http://ww.ainonline.com/?q=aviation-news/paris-air-show/2011-06-19/paris-2011-sharklets-are-go">Sharklets</a>.
All told, JetBlue holds firm orders for 40 A320neos, 30 A321s and 22 standard A320s.
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