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

Argus: U.S. Bizav Flying Falls 14% in December

While the U.S. business aviation activity was boosted by a strong holiday season, it still finished 14.3 percent below the previous December’s tally.
FBOs

Signature Moves Into New Baton Rouge FBO Complex

Signature Flight Support has relocated its FBO at Louisiana’s Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport/Ryan Field to a newly-renovated terminal and hangar complex
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Safety

Busy Charter Operator To Introduce New Covid Test Protocol

Arizona-based Worldwide Jets will soon begin testing its flight crews for Covid every 72 hours.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan To Ramp Up Summer Intern Program

Duncan Aviation is looking to hire as many as 33 interns this summer at its trio of full-service aircraft maintenance facilities.
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FBOs

Colorado Airport Digs New Hangar Complex, Plans 2nd FBO

Discovery Air, a 29.5-acre business aviation complex at Northern Colorado Regional Airport has broken ground.
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Environment

Avfuel, Neste Ink SAF Supply Deal

Avfuel has inked a strategic partnership with sustainable aviation fuel provider Neste to create continous SAF supplies for its U.S. customers.
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FBOs

GIP Set To Acquire Signature Aviation in $4.6B Bid

Signature Aviation may soon be under new ownership with news of a cash deal worth more than $4.63 billion from Global Infrastructure Partners.
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FBOs

Missouri FBO Alpha Air Calls it Quits

Missouri’s Joplin Regional Airport has been reduced to a single FBO with the shuttering of Alpha Air Center.

UK Aviation Services Provider Adds Aeromedical Operator

UK aviation services provider Centreline has acquired Exeter Airport-based aeromedical transport operator Capital Air Ambulance.
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Environment

Signature Aviation Earns 'A' in Environmental Stewardship

Signature Aviation has been awarded a grade of “A” by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an environmental non-profit.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Longstanding General Aviation Service Firms To Combine

Indiana-based Muncie Aviation has acquired aircraft sales and maintenance provider Des Moines Flying Service.
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December Holiday Travel Provides Private Aviation Boost

Global business aviation saw a surge over the December holiday period which brought activity levels to within 11 percent of those of the previous December.
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FBOs

Leading Edge Jet Center Buys Montana FBO

Oregon-based Leading Edge Jet Center (LEJC) has expanded its footprint to the central U.S. with the acquisition of Exec Air Montana.
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FBOs

Atlantic Expands Colorado FBO

Atlantic Aviation has added a new 30,000-sq-ft heated hangar to its FBO at Colorado’s Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ).
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FBOs

Air Elite Network Adds Indiana FBO

Fort Wayne Aero Center, the airport owned and operated FBO at Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport, is the latest to join the Air Elite Network.
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Safety

L2 To Release New Cabin Air Monitoring System

L2 Aviation expects to receive an STC in the first quarter of 2021 for its new Halo Cabin Air Monitoring System.
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DCAF Sees Rise in Private Aviation Activity in Dubai

Dubai-based DC Aviation Al Futtaim (DCAF) is reporting an uptick in its private aircraft operations at Dubai's Al Maktoum International Airport.
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Training and Workforce

Flight School Organization Plans Live Event

The Flight School Association of North America announced it will hold its upcoming annual International Flight School Conference as a live event.
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Jet It Signs On with Medical Charity Be The Match

Fractional provider Jet It has partnered with a medical nonprofit that helps link volunteer blood stem cell donors with blood cancer patients.
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FBOs

Avflight Breaks Ground on New Michigan Hangars

Avflight has broken ground on a new expansion to its FBO at the Detroit-area Willow Run Airport (YIP).
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FBOs

Ohio Airport To Issue RFP for Lone FBO

Ohio’s Middletown Regional Airport/Hook Field expects to find a new operator for its FBO by mid 2021.
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FBOs

Signature Mulls $4B Acquisition by Private-equity Group Blackstone

Signature Aviation, the parent company of Signature Flight Support, has received purchase offers of late, with the latest worth an approximate $4 billion
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Maintenance and Modifications

Epic Aircraft Partners with Frasca and ATP

Epic Aircraft has announced two support partnerships for its new E1000 GX turboprop single.
Training and Workforce

Oregon Flight School Receives Vietnam Training Nod

Oregon-based Hillsboro Aero Academy (HAA) has received approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to conduct professional pilot training.
FBOs

California FBO Air 7 Joins Air Elite Network

Air 7, an FBO at California’s Camarillo Airport is the latest to join the World Fuel-sponsored Air Elite Network.
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FBOs

Avflight Acquires Arizona FBO

Avflight has expanded its FBO chain with the addition of Falcon Executive Aviation, the lone full-service provider at Mesa, Arizona’s Falcon Field Airport.
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FBOs

Sheltair Adds Hangar in Ocala

Sheltair has completed construction on a 20,000-sq-ft hangar at Florida’s Ocala International Airport.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan To Open New Flammability Test Lab

Duncan Aviation expects to open the flammability lab at its Battle Creek, Michigan, facility by the end of March.
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FBOs

Lynx FBO Expands in Northeast U.S.

Lynx FBO has acquired Northstar Aviation, the lone service provider at Providence, Rhode Island’s Theodore Francis Green State Airport.
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Avionics

AEA Slides Annual Convention from March to June

Originally slated to take place starting on March 15, 2021, AEA's three-day annual convention is now scheduled for June 22-25 and will remain in Dallas.