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.

Business Aviation Services Editor

Curt Epstein

Go Rentals has come a long way since its founding in 1995, according to founder and CEO Kaye Gitibin, who is attending his 27th consecutive NBAA-BACE this year.&nbsp;
From its beginning as a luxury rental car provider with seven vehicles based at the former Newport Jet Center at California's John Wayne Orange County Airport (KSNA), the company has grown to encompass 310 locations across the United States, with 26 added this year alone.&nbsp;
Gitibin told AIN he expects to add 15 more before year-end, adding that growth has come mainly due to word of mouth, as customers ask for the product at FBOs. “We have seen the bar for luxury raised in aviation, and everybody is trying to bring a form of luxury to make sure that the clients feel that they’re getting something new when they travel.”&nbsp;
Gitibin views the service the company provides as a link in the private aviation value proposition. “If they land, if the car is not there, if the car is the wrong car, is dirty, then the whole&nbsp;experience is ruined, so they trust us that we never fail them.”
On Wednesday, the company once again provided what has become one of the most anticipated moments on the show floor, when it raffled off a choice of a one-year lease on a Cadillac Escalade or the $12,000 cash equivalent.
“This event gives us the opportunity to thank our partners, our friends in aviation, because without them we couldn't be here,” Gitibin explained. “It’s an opportunity for us to shake their hands, thank them, and appreciate the opportunity they’ve given us to serve the guests, serve the clients, serve the pilots, and serve the passengers.”

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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

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