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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Embraer has managed to avoid suffering a serious dent to its backlogs by transferring a firm order for 24 E175s from bankrupt Republic Airways to that regional airline’s biggest mainline partner, United Airlines. In a statement issued Tuesday, Embraer confirmed that Republic had canceled the $1.08 billion order, and that deliveries of all 24 of the 76-seat regional jets would go to United next year.&nbsp;

 


Although Republic continues to operate under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, United hasn’t yet confirmed which of its partners will fly the new batch of E175s.

 


The new arrangement with Embraer follows Republic’s delivery and payment deferral associated with a firm order for 40 Bombardier CS300s and options on another 40. In an October 26 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Republic also reported that it settled a $1.5 million general claim and a $700,000 administrative claim filed against it by Bombardier. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court has scheduled a hearing to determine approval of that settlement for November 17. &nbsp;

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