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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Following the lead of most of the world’s aviation authorities, Canada’s Ministry of Transportation on Wednesday moved to ban the Boeing 737 Max from flying in its airspace. Transport minister Marc Garneau cited satellite tracking data that shows certain similarities between the Ethiopian Airlines Max 8 that <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2019-03-10/ethiopian-airlines-737-max-8-crashes-killing-157">crashed on Sunday outside Addis Ababa</a>, killing 157, and the October 29 crash of a Lion Air Max 8 into the Java Sea, which killed 189. The U.S. now stands as the last country to allow Boeing 737 Max operations now that Canada has closed its airspace to the model.

 


“Following advice from&nbsp;Transport Canada civil aviation experts,&nbsp;as a precautionary measure, I am issuing a safety notice to address this issue,” said Garneau. “This safety notice restricts commercial passenger flights from any air operator, both domestic and foreign, of the Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft&nbsp;from arriving, departing, or overflying Canadian airspace.”

 


Canadian airlines have taken delivery of 41 Max jets. Some operators had already faced operating restrictions imposed at some destinations by other jurisdictions. For example, Air Canada canceled London-bound flights from Halifax and St. John’s after the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2019-03-12/uk-australian-authorities-among-latest-ground-737-max">UK closed its airspace</a> to Max 8 operations on Tuesday.

 


Meanwhile, U.S. airlines continue to fly the Max 8 domestically following the Federal Aviation Administration’s latest statement indicating that a review shows “no systemic performance issues” and no basis for grounding the aircraft.

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