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 plans to reduce the number of weekly flights it operates between the U.S. and Seoul-Incheon (ICN) South Korea, due to coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns, the U.S. major carrier said Wednesday. Delta, which already suspended all service to China as of February 5, said it will suspend service between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Seoul starting on February 29, with the last flight departing MSP for ICN on February 28 and departing ICN for MSP on February 29. Delta will also reduce to five times weekly its services between ICN and Atlanta, Detroit and Seattle through April 30. The airline’s new service from Incheon to Manila, previously scheduled to begin March 29, will now start on May 1. The airline said it would release full schedule details on its website starting February 29.

 


“The health and safety of customers and employees is Delta's top priority and the airline has put in place a number of processes and mitigation strategies to respond to the growing concern,” said the airline in a written statement. “Delta remains in constant contact with the foremost communicable disease experts at the CDC, WHO, and local health officials to respond to the coronavirus as well as ensure training, policies, procedures, and cabin cleaning and disinfection measures meet and exceed guidelines.”

 


South Korea now has seen the most cases of the new coronavirus outside China. The Washington, D.C.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday raised its travel advisory for South Korea to its highest level after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country exceeded 800.

 


According to the CDC, travelers should avoid all non-essential travel to the country, where officials on Tuesday placed the number of cases at almost 1,000.

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