Curt Epstein
Business Aviation Services Editor

A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined AIN in 2007, Curt came to the publication from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to AIN sister publication Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s  Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.

Before joining AIN, Curt worked with Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

Latest from Curt Epstein

FBOs

Flight Consulting Group Expands Ground-handling Network

The Latvia-based company can now handle aircraft at 34 airports from Scandinavia through the Baltics
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Aircraft

Gulfstream Receives FAA Safety Certifications

The Savannah airframer now has steep-approach capability on the G650, and EFVS landing and rollout approval on the G280
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Regulations and Government

Cayman Island Authority Provides Expert Advice

The operators of the VP-C registry are on hand at EBACE to talk up its benefits and opportunities
Charter & Fractional

Vertis Aviation Finds App-iness

The Zug, Switzerland-based company launched its new online booking application at EBACE 2019
FBOs

Avfuel Highlights Dealer Network at EBACE

The U.S. fuel provider has brought a contingent of its Avfuel-branded dealer network to Geneva to meet with existing and potential customers.
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FBOs

Caribbean FBO Joins Avfuel Network

Blue Heron Aviation on the Caribbean's Turks and Caicos islands, is the latest independent FBO to become a branded Avfuel dealer.
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Aircraft

Daher TBM 940 Gets EASA Nod

The company expects to begin deliveries next month to European customers as it awaits FAA validation.
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FBOs

Global Trek Debuts Wales FBO

Global Trek's second FBO, located at Cardiff International Airport, opened last week.
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Maintenance and Modifications

JSSI Inks Supply-chain Agreement

Announced at EBACE, JSSI has increased its relationship wth charter provider Contour Aviation

JetNet Demonstrates New Products, Functionality

At EBACE this week, it will prime showgoers on its latest developments, as well as present its annual State of the European Business Jet Market briefing.
FBOs

Spain Awards Major FBO Management Contract

Universal Aviation is part of a consortium chosen to refurbish and manage the GATs at Madrid Barrajas and Barcelona-El Prat International Airports.
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Sustainability and Environment

Bizav Makes Strides in SAJF Utilization

One year since the debut of the Business Aviation Guide to the Use of Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel, the industry moves forward towards SAJF acceptance
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Aircraft

GAMA Sees Good Start for Airplanes in 2019

All three GA airplane segments showed an increase year-over-year in the first three months of 2019.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Aircraft Specialities Adds Fluid Container Line

The Nebraska repair facility is now a distributor for U.S. Manufacturing & Design's polyethylene container product range.
FBOs

FBO Profile: North Atlantic Air

The revitalized GA airport provides another option to the Boston area.
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Charter & Fractional

Jet Linx Grows with Elliott Jet Management Purchase

The deal will add another nine aircraft to Jet Linx's managed aircraft fleet, the third largest in the U.S.
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Sustainability and Environment

EBACE Events Show Bizav SAJF Readiness

Held at London-area TAG Farnborough Airport, the event, a sequel to January's SAJF debut at Van Nuys, provided a showcase for the fuel ahead of EBACE.
Maintenance and Modifications

PWI Signs Another Authorized Dealer in Texas

Fieldtech Avionics & Instruments has become an installation center for PWI’s King Air interior LED lighting.
Engines

StandardAero Renews European P&WC Designation

Arizona-based StandardAero's Paris-area engine MRO is now its epicenter for Pratt & Whitney Canada turboprop engine work on the continent.
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Avionics

Elliott Aviation Reaches Milestone G5000 Retrofit

An industry leading Garmin retrofitter, the MRO will install its 50th G5000 flight deck.
FBOs

FBO Partners Adds Safety Program Management Option

The FBO consultancy, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, has added industry veteran Patrick Moylan to run the new division.
Sustainability and Environment

Europe To Host SAJF Event Ahead of EBACE

Similar to the event held in January at California's Van Nuys Airport, Geneva-bound aircraft will be able to fill up on SAJF at several airports.
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FBOs

Oklahoma Airport To Receive Third FBO

Operated by the owners of a charter company that has had a presence at Wiley Post Airport since 1997, JetSet will be the field's third service provider.
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FBOs

Duncan Now Offers Fueling at Provo

While construction on its new MRO facility continues, Duncan's new fuel farm is now up and running.
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FBOs

Tulip City Joins the Phillips 66 Fuel Network

Located in Holland, Michigan, the lone provider at Western Michigan Regional Airport will now offer Phillips contract fuel.
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FBOs

Jet Aviation, Gulfstream To Break Ground on PBI Complex

Jet Aviation will expand its FBO, while the airframer will add a larger service center. Both are expected to be completed early next year.
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Maintenance and Modifications

European Mx Providers Form Partnership

Airplus Maintenance and Q.C.M. Design have agreed to pool their engineering staffs for large projects.
Maintenance and Modifications

Baker Aviation Tapped as Raisbeck Authorized Dealer

The move further increases Texas-based Baker's exposure in the King Air modiification arena.
Airports

Catalina Island Airport Reopens with New Runway

The three-month project was viewed by the U.S. military as a training project for constructing runways in remote and difficult areas.
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FBOs

Gainesville, Florida Airport Breaks Ground on FBO

Keystone Heights Airport expects to complete the new terminal by spring 2020.
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