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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Toronto-based Porter Airlines has joined the Regional Airline Association (RAA), the Washington, D.C. lobbying and industry advocacy group announced last month. With Porter’s enrollment, the RAA now counts 29 airline members. 
Operating 26 Bombardier Q400 turboprops, Porter flies year-round to 16 regional destinations in Canada and the U.S. and serves another three on a seasonal basis. The airline agreed to become the Canadian launch customer for the Bombardier CS100 when it <a href="http://ainonline.com/aviation-news/2013-04-10/porter-confirms-cseries-aspirations">signed a conditional order for 12 of the narrowbody airliners</a> in April. It continues to lobby for permission to operate the airplanes at Toronto City Center Airport, where local ordinances prohibit the operation of jets. 
“Porter is recognized as one of North America’s leading service-oriented airlines and now is an appropriate time for us to join RAA to learn from and share best practices with other regional airline carriers,” said Porter Airlines CEO Robert Deluce. “Our objective is to grow and operate transcontinental flights beginning in 2016.”

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