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 on Tuesday morning officially delivered the first 787 since aviation authorities around the globe grounded the model nearly four months ago. Plans call for Dreamliner Line Number 83—an All Nippon Airways airplane—to take off from Boeing’s Everett, Washington, production site for Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon.


The milestone came as Qatar Airways and Air India each planned to reinstate regular revenue service with their Dreamliners Wednesday and roughly a week after Boeing rolled out of its Everett factory the first 787 built at the increased production rate of seven airplanes per month.


About half of the 100 airplanes to roll out of the Everett factory remain undelivered, as customers prepare crews and processes to resume service and Boeing mechanics work to install battery system modifications as mandated by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Despite the grounding, Boeing never slowed production and continues to expect rates to reach 10 per month by year-end. The company expects this year’s delivery total to match the projections it established before the grounding.


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Boeing Delivers First 787 Since January

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