Curt Epstein
Senior 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.

Curt Epstein

Latest from Curt Epstein

FBOs

Jetex Forms JV on Berlin FBO

Global aviation services provider Jetex has signed a joint venture agreement with Berlin-Neuhardenberg Airport (EDON) to develop an FBO on the field.
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Regulations and Government

FAA Releases 1,500 Notams To Address 5G Disruptions

The FAA has released a raft of notams ahead of the January 19 launch of AT&T and Verizon’s new 5G networks.
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FBOs

More Improvements on Tap for Domodedovo FBO

Independent ground handling provider UTG Group will be making several improvements to the business aviation center at Russia’s Domodedovo Airport.
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Sky Harbour To Land on NYSE

Aviation real estate developer Sky Harbour will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange starting on January 25.
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Environment

ACI Jet Opens Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tap at KSNA

California-based FBO operator ACI Jet is now stocking continual supplies of sustainable aviation fuel at its John Wayne-Orange County Airport location.
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FBOs

Texas FBO Earns IS-BAH Stage 3

Texas-based FBO McCreery Aviation is the latest to achieve Stage 3 registration under IBAC’s IS-BAH.
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FBOs

Infrastructure Investment Firm Buys APP Jet Centers

APP Jet Center, and its three FBOs and hangar infrastructure, has been acquired by middle-market investment firm Ridgewood Infrastructure.
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Avfuel, Sheltair Open Aviation Scholarship Process

Sheltair and Avfuel have opened the application window for their new “Future Takes Flight” scholarship program.
Environment

ExxonMobil and Neste Team on SAF In France

Global petrochemical fuel provider ExxonMobil has partnered with sustainable aviation fuel producer Neste to provide SAF distribution in France.
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Elevate Holdings Acquires Keystone Aviation

Elevate Holdings, the parent company of Private Jet Services and Elevate Jet has acquired private aviation services provider Keystone Aviation.

Ground Handling App Expands Coverage to Europe

Six months after it was launched to provide insight for ground handling in South and Central America, MyHandler App is expanding to cover Europe as well.

Flashback: Chrysler Flight Dept. Disbanded; New FBO Created

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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Flashback: MNG Jet Says Employee Acted Alone in Arranging Escape Flights for Fugitive Ghosn

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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Aircraft

Flashback: Diamond Aircraft Joins the Small-jet Fray

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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Aircraft

Flashback: Kitbuilt Supersonic Jet Single Next on Jim Bede’s Hit List

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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Flashback: Aviation Convention News Rebrands To Aviation International News

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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Aircraft

Flashback: Beech Super King Air 300 Bows in at $2.34M

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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Airports

Alabama Airport Looks To Address Runway Safety Area Mandate

Faced with an FAA mandate to expand the runway safety area on Runway 18/36, Alabama’s Auburn University Regional Airport is looking to acquire land.
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FBOs

Idaho Service Provider Acquires Phoenix FBO

Jackson Jet, a service provider at Idaho’s Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, has acquired Swift Aviation Services at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
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Airports

Vinci Takes Over at France's Annecy Mont-Blanc Airport

International private airport operator Vinci Airports began the management of France’s Annecy Mont-Blanc Airport on January 1.
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Airports

Amid Holiday Surge, Bozeman Airport Sees Jet-A Shortage

A surge in holiday travel to Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport has led to a temporary shortage of jet-A on the field.
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Charter & Fractional

Fractional Provider Volato Places Order for 15 HondaJets

Fractional HondaJet operator Volato, which launched last fall, has ordered 15 HondaJet Elite S aircraft.
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FBOs

Cutter Aviation Adds Texas FBO

With its purchase of Austin, Texas-area AeroJet FBO, Cutter Aviation's FBO network now totals five locations across the Southwest.
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FBOs

FBO Profile: Aero-One Aviation, Dothan Regional Airport

Aero-One Aviation has served Alabama’s Dothan Regional Airport since 2010 and it has been the lone service provider there since 2014.
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Regulations and Government

Trip Support in the Age of Covid

Trip support providers say business is nearing or exceeding pre-Covid levels, a big change since the start of the pandemic.
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Airports

Spanish Airport Goes on the Auction Block

Located less than 40 miles from Madrid, Spain’s Ocaña Airfield is available to the highest bidder.
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Environment

First Private Aircraft Fueled with SAF in Italy

Italy’s Milan Linate Airport is now the first in the country to fuel a business aircraft with sustainable aviation fuel.
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Environment

Atlantic Goes Green in Aspen

Atlantic Aviation introduced a new initiative at Colorado’s Aspen-Pitkin County Airport that will have all fuel bought and used there be carbon neutral.
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UAE Trip Support Provider Opens U.S. Office

Aviation services provider Prime Trip Support has established a new U.S. headquarters in Houston.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Milwaukee FBO Joins the Avfuel Network

Spring City Aviation, the lone service provider at Milwaukee’s Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport, has joined the Avfuel-branded dealer network.
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