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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Qatar Airways (Chalet C24) will take up to a 10 percent stake in Latam Airlines Group in a deal the OneWorld Alliance partners agreed to at the show Tuesday. Under terms of the subscription agreement, Latam will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting no later than September 2 to propose a capital increase of $613 million through the issuance of new shares at a price of $10 a share.

 


The deal accounts for Qatar’s second investment in OneWorld partners. It holds a 15 percent share in British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG).

 


“Latam represents an exciting opportunity to invest and support the development of our long-term relationship,” said Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker. “As a leading airline in Latin America and a key member of OneWorld, this investment provides potential opportunities for Qatar Airways’ global network, alongside our successful investment in IAG.”

Qatar To Buy Into Latam

Qatar Airways will take up to a 10 percent stake in Latam Airlines Group.

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