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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Gregory Polek

Kuwait Airways has agreed to buy 10 Boeing 777-300ERs, company chairperson and CEO Rasha Al-Roumi told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Thursday. The letter of intent calls for delivery of the first of the airplanes, worth $3.3 billion at list prices, in November 2016.

 


Boeing confirmed the deal in a statement released hours after the publication of the KUNA report. “We appreciate the start of a new partnership with Kuwait Airways,” said Marty Bentrott, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of sales for the Middle East, Russia and Central Asia. “Boeing looks forward to an enduring relationship with Kuwait Airways and we are excited to see that the 777-300ER airplane, which is the preferred long-haul carrier for so many airlines around the world, will now play an important role in the airline’s fleet strategy and expansion.”

 


Now flying an eclectic fleet of 15 Airbus A300s, A310s, A320s and A340s along with a pair of Boeing 777-200ERs, <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2014-02-20/airbus-seals-a350-a320neo-deal-kuwait-airways">Kuwait Airways last February placed a firm order for 15 A320neos and 10 A350-900s</a>. It expects to take delivery of the first of those airplanes in 2019.

 


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