A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;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&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;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&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;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.

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Curt Epstein

European MRO Provider <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2025-07-22/mro-profile-prince-aviation">Prince Aviation</a>, which specializes in Cessna Citation business jets, recently completed a milestone task by performing a complete engine swap on four Citation XLS+s in just five days. All eight Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PW545C engines among the four twinjets were replaced as part of scheduled overhaul work.
According to the Serbia-based company, engine replacement is a critical task that demands the involvement of experienced mechanics who must carry out an independent inspection of each engine installation and its systems. To achieve this assignment, 24 technicians worked directly on the aircraft each day, supported by the company’s planning, logistics, technical administration, and maintenance organization teams—more than 30 people in total.
“We are proud that we are one of only a few MROs across Europe&nbsp;that are capable of pulling off such complicated maintenance operations in such a short time,” said Prince Aviation COO Djordje Petrovic. He added that the work, done in parallel on four aircraft, required meticulous organization, tool and parts preparation, coordination of personnel, and strict adherence to every procedure.
“This project reflects exactly what Prince Aviation stands for: the people, the expertise, and the operational capacity to deliver demanding work—reliably and on time,”&nbsp;Petrovic noted.

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