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

Charter & Fractional

Jet Linx Opens New Private Terminal in San Antonio

The new facility replaces the company's facility which has been in operation at SAT since 2011.
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FBOs

Sun Air Jets To Boost VNY Presence

Aircraft management provider Sun Air Jets will more than double its existing space at the L.A. gateway with the lease of a new 62,000 sq ft hangar complex.
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Environment

North Carolina FBO Is Latest To Offer SAF

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) makes another rare appearance in the Eastern U.S.
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FBOs

San Francisco-area FBO Adding More Hangar Space

Five Rivers Aviation, the sole FBO at San Francisco-area Livermore Municipal Airport, has broken ground on a 43,000 sq ft hangar facility.
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Environment

UK Firm Seeks To Turn Waste Plastic into Jet-A

Clean Planet Energy launched a new sustainable aviation fuel produced from non-recyclable plastics.
FBOs

FBOs Felt the Covid Bite in 2020, Says ABSG Survey

According to the Aviation Business Strategies Group, nearly 70 percent of the North American FBOs it surveyed reported decreased fuel sales last year.
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Airports

Indiana Genav Airport Looks To Add Another Runway

Facing a need to develop a master plan to guide its development, Indiana’s Jasper County Airport Authority has hired a strategic consulting firm.
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Charter & Fractional

Part 135 Operator All In Jets Up for Auction

Aircraft charter operator All In Jets, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last August will be hitting the auction block.
Airports

LAS Renamed Harry Reid International Airport

Las Vegas McCarran International Airport will be renamed following a unianimous vote by the Clark County Commission.
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FBOs

NATA Fights Fuel Farm Modifications

The public comment window on the National Fire Protection Association’s changes to NFPA 407 Standard for Aircraft Fuel Servicing is now open.
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Aircraft Repo Not as Glamourous as Depicted on TV

Despite how it is portrayed on television, the aircraft repossession business is not as wild or adventurous as shown.
Training and Workforce

FSANA Reschedules March Flight Training Conference

The Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) has rescheduled its upcoming annual International Flight School Conference to this summer.

Nat Geo Special Examines New Air Force One

National Geographic has produced a film detailing the transformation of a pair of Boeing 747-8s into the next Air Force Ones.
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Environment

California FBO Sun Air Jets Starts Permanent SAF Supply

Sun Air Jets in Southern California has joined the handful of FBOs committed to offering a permanent supply of sustainable aviation fuel.
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Bizav Traffic Fumbles for Big Game in Tampa

Last weekend’s Super Bowl proved to be less of a magnet for business aviation than it had been in past years.
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Airports

California Airports Continue Solar Energy Trend

With sustainability becoming a major focus in business aviation, more hangar keepers are turning to solar energy to power their operations.
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Regulations and Government

Universal Rolls Out International Covid Test Directory

Universal Weather and Aviation has established a network of Covid-19 testing providers across the top 200 international airports that its customers use.
FutureFlight

After Testbed Success, Ampaire Lays Out Plans For Two New Electric Aircraft

Technology validation work on the Electric EEL hybrid-electric rework of the Cessna 227, have paved the way for new models called the Eco Otter SX and the Tailwind.
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FutureFlight

Infrastructure Needs For eSTOL and eVTOL Aircraft May Be Closer Than Imagined

eSTOL aircraft developer Airflow maintains that the performance of its blown wing design could match or exceed that of eVTOLs in terms of real estate needs on the ground.
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FBOs

Rival Bidders Join in $4.7B Bid for Signature Aviation

The bidding war over Signature Aviation continues to unfold with the latest offer of $4.7 billion coming from a partnership of rival bidders.
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Charter & Fractional

NetJets Buys Share in Sustainable Fuel Company

Fractional aircraft provider NetJets has purchased a stake in WasteFuel, a company that aims to convert landfill waste into sustainable aviation fuel.
FBOs

FBOs Still Hoping for a Big Game Score

With the Covid pandemic still in play, the Super Bowl may not prove to be the usual magnet for private aviation this year.
FBOs

New GA Customs Facility Debuts at Cincinnati Airport

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is now a direct international entry point for general aviation.
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FutureFlight

French Start-up to Flight Test Compact Turbogenerator For Hybrid-Electric Aircraft

French manufacturer Turbotech plans to flight test its under-development turbogenerator later this year, claiming it will provide transformative power options for hybrid-electric aircraft.
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AEG Fuels Inks Agreement with Boeing Jeppesen

AEG Fuels has signed an agreement with Boeing, which will enable the Miami-based jet fuel marketer to provide a full range of trip support services.
FBOs

DFW's FBO Joins Avfuel Network

The new member is DFW Corporate Aviation, the airport board-operated lone FBO at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Runs 100% SAF on Pearl 700 Bizjet Engine

Rolls-Royce has successfully conducted its first tests on a business jet engine using 100 percent SAF.
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FBOs

FBO Profile: Ross Aviation TRM

Ross Aviation's FBO at Palm Springs, California-area Jacqueline Cochrane Regional Airport is one of 19 FBOs at 17 locations across the U.S.
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Airports

Florida Capital Airport Suffers Minor Tornado Damage

Tallahassee International Airport, which serves Florida’s capital, closed briefly Tuesday after a minor tornado swept across the Panhandle region.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Atlas-equipped CitationJet Wins in Head-to-head Fly-off

A fly-off between a Cessna CitationJet equipped with Tamarack Aerospace’s Atlas Active Winglet system and a stock CJ yielded some interesting results.
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