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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Executives from the UK’s XS Aviation plan to launch an aircraft parts trading platform on April 1 called Spaero. Led by XS Aviation owner Myles Corey, Spaero aims to unite and democratize aircraft parts trading and accelerate the procurement process, ultimately helping operators return their aircraft to service more quickly and safely.
“Spaero tackles the longstanding challenges of trust, efficiency, and inflated costs in parts trading head-on,” the company said. “Recognizing the complexity of transactions, through their dedicated efforts, the platform streamlines the entire process of buying, selling, and repairing parts, ensuring a seamless experience from start to finish.” &nbsp;
Operating on a subscription-free model with no sign-up costs, the platform serves as a private intermediary in which every buyer, distributor, and repair center using the platform undergoes a rigorous security and compliance audit. Recurring "know your customer" checks assess wider risk factors to aircraft operators, including those facing AOG situations.
For distributors, Spaero aims to boost parts demand and visibility and ensure all inquiries originate only from vetted end users, thereby eliminating brokers. The service is also committed to delivering improved efficiency for buyers and repair centers,&nbsp;streamlining bulk requests for quote processing, and real-time availability of parts.&nbsp;
“We created Spaero to bring a disruptive force to the sector and to help partners fed up with archaic ways of doing business and trading,” said Corey.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Spaero Aircraft Parts Trading Platform Set for April 1 Launch

Service meant to accelerate procurement of aircraft parts

XS Aviation plans to launch the Spaero aircraft parts trading platform on April 1, promising greater efficiency for distributors, buyers, and repair stations.

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