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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Bombardier’s continuing efforts to cultivate ties with Chinese industry appeared to pay some dividends last month, when the company signed a conditional purchase agreement for six CRJ900s from an unidentified Chinese airline. The deal, the first involving the CRJ900 in China, calls for the airline to take options on another five of the airplanes, which could raise the value of the transaction to $491 million.
Bombardier projects the 20-year demand for commercial airplanes in the 60- to 149-seat segment in China to total 2,400 units, helping to make it the world’s second largest market for new aircraft deliveries, following closely behind the U.S.&nbsp;

Bombardier Looks To Close First CRJ900 Deal in China

Bombardier’s continuing efforts to cultivate ties with Chinese industry appeared to pay some dividends last month

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