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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India has ordered the suspension of all domestic passenger operations—scheduled and private—by midnight on Tuesday, March 24, due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The order, which covers a seven-day period ending at midnight on March 31,&nbsp;does not apply to cargo carriers or government aircraft, and airports will remain open to accommodate such operations.&nbsp;

 


India had already closed its borders to international flights on March 22 to help stem cross-border spread. However, some states in the country called on the federal government to ban domestic flying as health experts prepared for a big jump in the number of cases.

 


Authorities have also suspended rail travel, which has created particular hardship among a population that relies heavily on trains to maintain connectivity.

 


As virtually all forms of mass transit have closed, passengers and crewmembers had already faced difficulty getting to the country’s airports.

 


The move by India follows closely behind a near-total shutdown in the UAE, where Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways have suspended virtually all flying other than for repatriation of customers amid a directive from the government calling for a 14-day suspension of all inbound, outbound, and transit passenger flights in the country.

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