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

Airports

Central Florida Airport Approves Hybrid FBO/Hotel

The Melbourne (Florida) Airport Authority has approved the lease on a hybrid FBO/hotel, which is expected to begin construction by early 2021.
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NBAA To Resume On-location Regional Forums in 2021

NBAA announced it will again host the events, beginning in the Northeast U.S. in June 2021.
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FBOs

Indiana FBO Changes Hands, Rebrands

Aviation services provider Aero Management Group (AMG) is now the lone full-service FBO at Indiana’s Columbus Municipal Airport (BAK).
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FBOs

Sheltair Opens New Facility at Its First Western FBO

With the opening of its new FBO at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Sheltair has introduced its first location west of the Mississippi.
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European Bizav Traffic Sees Uptick in August

European business aviation activity saw a strong rebound in August, with traffic levels up by three percent over the same period in 2019.
Airports

Virginia Airport Issues Hangar RFPs

Seeking to bolster the hangar space at Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia, the city of Manassas has issued a pair of RFPs.
Airports

West Virginia Airport Joins the Avfuel Network

MRB Aviation at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport/Shepherd Field (MRB) is the latest to join the Avfuel branded dealer network.
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Fuel

DEF Field Test Kit Now Available for Aircraft Fuelers

After several incidents where business aircraft had their fuel systems contaminated with diesel exhaust fluid, a new field test kit is now available.
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JetNet: Bizav Market Not Panicked by Covid

The business aviation market has seen little sign of panic selling in the first half of the year as a result of the Covid pandemic, says JetNet.
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Training and Workforce

German Company Receives Phenom Training Approval

Bremen, Germany-based Atlas Air Service is now offering type rating training courses for the Embraer Phenom 100 and 300 light jets.
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Airports

Massachusetts Airport Wraps Up Runway Rehab Project

Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF) in central Massachusetts has completed a rehabilitation of its secondary Runway 15/33.
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FBOs

Montana FBO Set To Double Hangar Space

Minuteman Aviation, which operates the Minuteman Jet Center at Montana’s Missoula International Airport, expects to open a new hangar in October.
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Environment

Bizav Industry To Hold Online SAF Summit Next Month

The Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Fuel will sponsor its first two-day online summit next month.
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FBOs

Modern Aviation Expands Seattle FBO

FBO operator Modern Aviation will add more than 60,000 sq ft of hangar space to its facility at Seattle's Boeing Field-King County International Airport.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Delivers First Global with Dual HUD

Bombardier Aviation for the first time has delivered one of its new flagship Global 7500s equipped with dual head-up displays.
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FBOs

Gulfstream, Jet Aviation Open New Florida Facility

Jet Aviation and Gulfstream have opened their new co-located FBO/aircraft maintenance complex at Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport
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FBOs

Bizav Services Company Desert Jet Changes Hands

James McCool, previously a minority owner of California aviation services provider Desert Jet Holdings, has acquired sole ownership of the companies.
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FBOs

World Fuel Network Adds Three West Coast FBOs

World Fuel Services has expanded its West Coast dealer network with the addition of two FBOs in California and one in Oregon.
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FBOs

Private Hangar Complex Set To Open

Sky Harbour Group, which looks to establish a national network of privately-owned aircraft hangar complexes, will open its first location September 1.
Charter & Fractional

TAG Aviation Holding Sells Off Final Assets

TAG Aviation Holding has completed its departure from business aviation with the announcement that it sold off TAG Aviation SA and TAG Aviation Asia.
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Environment

Air bp, Neste To Increase European SAF Deliveries

Air bp and sustainable fuel producer Neste have inked an agreement to increase the flow of SAF over the coming year.
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Fuel

SAF Coalition Welcomes New Member, Issues New Guide

The Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Fuel has released an updated version of its guide to the use of SAF.
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Rotorcraft

Apollo Air Services Opens Cambridge Location

UK helicopter operator Apollo Air Services has established its first base in southern England at Cambridge CIty Airport
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Charter & Fractional

Large Cabin Charter Operator Files for Chapter 11

Jet Ready has declared reorganization bankruptcy, according to court documents filed in the Southern District of New York.
FBOs

California's SACJet Joins World Fuel Network

World Fuel Services has welcomed California-based Superior Aviation Company (SACJet) and its three FBOs to its network.
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Environment

European Companies Partner on Composite Recycling

Aerocircular has partnered with the UK’s ELG Carbon Fibre to develop more viable methods to reclaim composite material for recycling.
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Airports

Chicagoland Genav Gateway Sees Strong Uptick in Traffic

Chicago Executive Airport (PWK) is experiencing a strong bounce back in traffic amidst the Covid pandemic.
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Environment

California FBO Receives First SAF Load

ACI Jet took its first load of SAF at its John Wayne-Orange Couny Airport facility this week.
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FBOs

Montreal FBO Relocates to New Home

CYHU H-18 Services, a service provider at Montreal’s Saint-Hubert Airport, has opened its new facility and renamed itself HUB FBO.
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Environment

Phillips 66 Goes In on Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Phillips 66 is planning to fully convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California from crude oil processing to renewable fuels.
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