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.

Latest from Curt Epstein

Accidents

Accidents: July 2011

Preliminary Report: Global Suffers Wing Strike on Landing Bombardier Global Express XRS, Teterboro, N.J., April 21, 2011–While the twinjet was land

People in Aviation: July 2011

Bruno Spagnolini has been named CEO of AgustaWestland.
Aircraft

Bombardier Fattens Global Order Book

At the Paris Air Show, Bombardier announced it had received another order for the latest ultra-long-range Globals.
FBOs

APP Jet Center Consolidates at Hayward Executive

APP Jet Center has acquired the former Atlantic Aviation FBO at Hayward Executive Airport (HWD) in Hayward, Calif., and combined it with its existing facil
Charter & Fractional

Arcadia Shuts Its Doors

The storied history of a series of well known aviation companies entered its final chapter last month when aircraft charter/management provider and FBO ope
FBOs

Landmark Revamps GSO FBO

Landmark Aviation’s FBO at Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, N.C., has seen an increase in business since its opening in May follow
FBOs

Landmark Takes Over MIA FBO

A Florida court has upheld Miami-Dade County’s decision to award Landmark Aviation a 10-year operating lease for its FBO at Miami International Airport (MI
Airports

Customs Booming at Two Florida Airports

In the first four months since U.S.
Airports

NATA Concerned with Proposed Airport SMS Plan

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has formally responded to the FAA’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would create a requirement
Security

NATA Concerned with Proposed Airport SMS Plan

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has formally responded to the FAA’s proposed rulemaking that would require all commercially served airpo
Aircraft

JetNet’s Crystal Ball Shows $258B in Bizjets by 2020

JetNet released its first 10-year business jet delivery forecast last week, predicting worldwide deliveries of 11,476 new business jets worth $258 billion

Insurance survey sheds light on industry’s most costly claims

Newly hired general aviation industry workers are most at risk for suffering on-the-job injuries, according to a study released recently by United States
Aircraft

Gulfstream still expects G650 certification by year-end

As the investigation into the cause of

People in Aviation: May 2011

Daher-Socata CEO Stéphane Mayer has added the title of president, replacing François Lépinoy, who will become president of the executi
FBOs

FBO Profile: Airflite at Long Beach

When it comes to customer service, Airflite at Long
Accidents

June 2011 Accidents

Preliminary Report: Indian Helicopter Crash Claims Five Eurocopter AS350B3, Luguthang, India, April 30, 2011–The Ecureuil (Squirrel) was dest

AIN Blog: Beware Complacency

One of my assignments here at AIN is compiling and editing the Accidents page for our flagship monthly magazine, Aviation International News.
FBOs

U.S. Aviation Opens Denton, Texas FBO

Aircraft maintenance provider U.S.
FBOs

Airport Weighs Name Change

Officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are considering selling the naming rights to Pittsburgh International Airport in a possible effort to raise mo
FBOs

McCarran Hangar on the Sale Block

A nearly 20,000-sq-ft hangar is available at the Paradise Aviation Center located at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
FBOs

Signature Launches Dedicated Nice Fuel Service

SIGNATURE LAUNCHES DEDICATED NICE FUEL SERVICE Starting last month, customers using the Signature/Aviapartner FBO at France’s Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport bene
FBOs

Iraq To Get First FBO

Orange County, Calif.-based Macair recently announced it has launched a subsidiary which will become the exclusive private jet handling company at Erbil In
FBOs

India Opens First International Bizav Terminal

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai became the first in India to offer a dedicated facility for international private jet travel when it wa
FBOs

London Biggin Hill Sees New FBO

Qatar-based aviation services provider Rizon Jet has expanded from its flagship Doha facility with the opening of its second FBO, located at London Biggin
FBOs

Avfuel Gains More Dealers

AvFuel has added a trio of new locations to its distribution network.
FBOs

Paragon Group Adds to Roster

Enterprise Jet Center in Houston and Texas Jet in Fort Worth are the latest companies to join the recently formed Paragon Aviation Group network.
FBOs

Landmark Opens Newest FBO

Landmark Aviation officially began operations last month at its newest facility at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
FBOs

Holland Sheltair Rebrands

The Holland Sheltair Aviation Group, which operates 13 FBOs in Florida, New York and Georgia, announced that it has combined its aviation services segment,
FBOs

FBO Scrutiny Heightened After Bin Laden Death

In the wake of the killing of terrorist chieftain Osama bin Laden last month by U.S.
Airports

Memphis GA Airport Ravaged by Flood

General DeWitt Spain Airport (M01) in Memphis, Tenn., has been closed since May 4 by the epic flooding of the Mississippi River.