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

Environment

Shell Invests in SAF Producer

The company has joined the investors in LanzaJet, a sustainable aviation fuel producer that has just launched its first commercial production facility.
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FBOs

Air Elite Network Adds Three More FBOs

The World Fuel Services-sponsored Air Elite Network has now reached 80 members, with the addition of three new FBOs in California, Montana and Arizona.
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Environment

Aviation Industry Supports New SAF Incentives

A coalition of aviation industry organizations and companies is asking the Biden Administration to establish new financial incentives for SAF producton.
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FBOs

ACI Opens New Digs at San Luis Obispo

After a long pause, ACI Jet, the lone FBO at California’s San Luis Obispo County Airport, has begun operations at its newly-built facility.
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FBOs

Two Facilities Share Top Honors in 2021 AIN FBO Survey

Last year's overall top FBO repeated its score to earn a split in the top position again this year.
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FBOs

FBO Survey Report: 2021 The Americas

Customer service matters, and the top FBO's among AIN's readers know how to deliver.
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Environment

SAF Flow in California Grows Stronger

Atlantic Aviation has become the latest FBO chain to begin offering permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel.
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Environment

NBAA Supports GAO SAF Study

NBAA today applauded a bipartisan congressional request for the Government Accounting Office to launch a study on measures to increase SAF use.
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Rotorcraft

Covid Couldn't Stop Direct Helicopter's Shipping Business

While people may not have been traveling the globe over the past year due to the Covid pandemic, used helicopters certainly were.
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Airports

London Biggin Hill Airport Joins SAF Set

London Biggin Hill Airport is the latest to offer continuous supplies of sustainable aviation fuel.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Des Moines Aircraft MRO Provider Opens New Facility

Long-time aircraft sales, parts, and maintenance provider Des Moines Flying Service last week opened its new facility at Des Moines International Airport.
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Environment

Bell To Fly on Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Bell will begin incorporating sustainable aviation fuel in all operations at its training academy and for use by its customer demonstration fleet.
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FBOs

Million Air El Paso Joins the Avfuel Network

Million Air’s newly-built El Paso facility is the latest FBO to join the Avfuel branded dealer network.
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Safety

First European FBO Earns IS-BAH Stage 3

Prague-based ABS Jets is the first European FBO to be awarded Stage 3 registration under IBAC’s International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling.
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Airports

Tampa's GA Airports See Strong Business Rebound

For Florida’s Hillsborough County, general aviation is proving resurgent after a Covid-induced dip starting early last year.
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Safety

Amid Covid, Corporate Angel Network (CAN) Still Can

The Corporate Angel Network is finding ways to fulfill its cancer patient transport mission in the absence of traditional corporate flights.
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FBOs

New Hangar Complex Construction Starts at SoCal Airport

Work has begun on CloudNine, a private hangar complex at California’s Camarillo Airport.
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Environment

Clay Lacy's California FBOs To Stock SAF

California-based Clay Lacy has become the latest FBO operator to announce it will continually stock sustainable aviation fuel.
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Rotorcraft

Robinson Helicopter Hits Milestone, Sees Daylight

Torrance, California-based Robinson Helicopter started off the year with the delivery of its 13,000th rotorcraft.
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FBOs

Sky Harbour Plans Colorado Facility

Private hangar complex developer Sky Harbour expects to break ground at its latest location, Denver’s Centennial Airport in the third quarter of the year.
Environment

Air Elite Member FBOs Become Carbon Neutral

World Fuel Services announced this week that 43 members of its sponsored Air Elite FBO Network achieved carbon neutrality in their operations for 2019.
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Airports

New Hotel To Land at London Biggin Hill Airport

London’s Biggin Hill Airport broke ground today on The Landing, an on-site luxury boutique hotel slated to open in 2022.
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Environment

Another UK FBO To Offer Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Centreline Aviation at the UK’s Bristol Airport has inked a deal with Air BP to become the country’s first independent, non-network retailer of SAF.
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Airports

Florida Airport First To Install LED Rotating Beacon

Florida’s Boca Raton Airport (BCT) is the first in the country to install a Hali-Brite LED rotating beacon, the first of its kind to receive FAA Approval.
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Safety

Bombardier’s Demo Team Earns IS-BAO 3 Renewal

Bombardier’s aircraft operations demonstration team has renewed its Stage 3 registration under IBAC’s IS-BAO program.

Bizav Continues Global Recovery, Says WingX

With the one-year anniversary of the declaration of Covid as a pandemic this week, global business aviation activity is down just 2 percent year-over-year.
Environment

New Carbon Fiber Recycling Path Identified

Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed a new method that they say will allow the reclamation of unrecyclable carbon fiber parts.
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FBOs

Fort Lauderdale FBO Breaks Ground on New Home

Jetscape, one of four service providers at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, broke ground this week on a major new FBO complex.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

SD Starts In-flight Testing of New Ku-band Satcom Antenna

Satcom Direct has begun inflight testing of its Plane Simple tail-mounted Ku-band antenna system, one year after the launch of the purpose-built unit.
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FBOs

Titan Aviation Fuels Breaks Out of Its Shell

Titan Aviation Fuels will officially rebrand its 550-member Shell FBO network to its own independent, full-service Titan Fuel brand.
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