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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Delta Air Lines has suspended service “until further notice” to and from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv and its New York-JFK hub in response to threats to civilian airplanes flying over Israel. 
 
	Delta flight 468, a Boeing 747 from JFK with 273 passengers and 17 crewmembers, diverted to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Tuesday after reports of a rocket or associated debris near the airport in Tel Aviv. Delta said it is working to re-accommodate its customers. 
 
	“Delta continues to work closely with U.S. and other government resources to monitor the situation,” the airline said in a statement. 
 
	At 12:15 pm New York time, the FAA issued a notice to airmen (Notam) prohibiting all U.S. airlines flying to or from Ben Gurion for 24 hours. It said it issued the notice in response to a rocket strike roughly a mile from the airport. It added that it would continue to monitor the situation and issue updated instructions “as soon as conditions permit,” but no later than 24 hours from the time the Notam took effect. 
 
	Sensitivity over the threat to civilian aircraft over war zones has increased since the apparent downing on July 17 of a Malaysia Airlines 777 carrying 298 people by a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine.

Delta Suspends Service to Tel Aviv Over Missile Fears

A rocket or associated debris found Ben Gurion International Airport prompted Delta to divert a flight bound for Tel Aviv to Paris.

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