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

FBOs

Fontainebleau Aviation To Wrap New Hangar Expansion

The project will add another 40,000 sq ft of high-end hangar space at KOPF
Airports

Indiana Airport Completes Major Runway Expansion

Officials expect the project will attract more business jets and charter activity
DeKalb County Airport's newly-lengthened runway
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Sends Praetor 600 On North American Tour

The super-midsize jet is now available in Flexjet's North American fleet
Embraer Praetor 600
Training and Workforce

North Dakota Airport To Host Scholarship Fundraiser

The 7th Annual Props & Hops will take place on October 5.
Props & Hops event at Mandan Regional Airport in North Dakota
Safety

TBM Owners and Pilots Convention Breaks Records

Hundreds of attendees and TBM aircraft flocked to Colorado
TBMs lined up on ramp
Safety

Hangar Rash Prevention System Heading to Beta Test

Fyve By Is looking to recruit hangar keepers to test the new system.
Fyve By's test hangar for its Sky View system
Training and Workforce

FBO Group Cutter Aviation Honors Scholarship Winners

Named for the former company patriarch, 10 outstanding aviation students were awarded.
2023 Bill Cutter Memorial Scholarship Winners
Airports

UK's Southampton Airport Lengthens Runway

The construction project added more than 500 feet of runway length
WWII-vintage Spitfire parked on newly-lengthened Southampton Airport runway with (left to right) operational director Steve Szalay, UK aviation minister Baroness Vere, and local Member of Parliament Paul Holmes.
FBOs

Sheltair Completes Major Hangar Expansion at Tampa FBO

Project adds hangars, offices, and ramp at facility
Sheltair's new hangar complex at KTPA
Charter & Fractional

Gama Aviation Shows 1H Growth

The UK-based company saw profits increase by 3 percent year-over-year
Gama Aviation jet on ramp
Training and Workforce

Foundation Accepting Grant Requests for Charity Flights

The Charitable Aviation Foundation is soliciting funding requests
Business jet being loaded with relief supplies
Training and Workforce

Aviation Charity To Support Aviation Charities

The Charitable Aviation Foundation is soliciting funding requests.
Business jet being loaded with relief supplies
Training and Workforce

Supply-chain Labor a Major Concern for Aviation Industry

Small suppliers in the parts chain are facing pressure to keep up with demand
OEM Panel at JetNetiQ
Aircraft

Supply Chain Issues: Blessing or Curse?

While production levels are hobbled, some say that's a good thing
Phenom light jet on Embraer's assembly line in Melbourne, Fla.
Airports

Arizona's Falcon Field Continues Clean-up after Storm

The localized storm caused damage to more than 90 hangars
Storm damaged WWII-vintage hangars at Falcon Field
Aircraft

JetNet iQ Survey Sees U.S. Operator Enthusiasm

The upward trend is the first in more than a year
JetNet iQ Summit 2023
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Taps KGB Aviation Solutions for Data Downloads

The company's DART unit will speed data availability
KGB Aviation Solution's DART data download unit
Charter & Fractional

Tradewind Aviation Establishes Southeast U.S. Base

Florida facility allows air charter firm to expand service in region
Tradewind PC-12 on approach into St. Barths
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Unveils New Digs in Cleveland

Opens $50 million facility at Cuyahoga County Airport
Flexjet's new headquarters and control center at KCGF
Maintenance and Modifications

King Aerospace's Arkansas Facility Receives First BBJ Maintenance Job

The BBJ will fly more than 7,000 miles to Bentonville
King Aerospace's new facility at Northwest Arkansas National Airport
Airports

Pending Repairs, KTEB's Runway 24 Temporarily Shortened

Due to EMAS damage, the airport has closed more than 1,000 feet of tarmac
Teterboro Airport aerial view
Charter & Fractional

TAG Relocates In Geneva

The move gives the aviation services provider two offices in the city
TAG Aviation's Geneva Airport facility
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety To Expand Pilatus PC-24 Training in Europe

Second Pilatus jet sim in Paris to come online next year
Flightsafety full fligth simulator
FBOs

Jet Aviation Adds Large Hangar at Bozeman

FBO now has more than 300,000 sq ft of hangar space
Jet Aviation's new hangar at KBZN
Charter & Fractional

Caribbean Caravan Operators Consolidate

Makers Air expands flight services in the Bahamas
View of the azure Caribbean from a Makers air Grand Caravan
FBOs

Signature Opens Revamped KBED Terminal

New facility offers more space and other improvements
Interior of Signature Aviation's new terminal at KBED
Aircraft

Bringing Lear 003 Back To Flight

Lear Jet preservation group vying to restore first-delivered Learjet
Lear 23-003, N2007, at delivery (Photo: Classic Learjet Foundation)
FBOs

Full Service Winnipeg FBO Is Home to the Jets

Fast Air is a favorite of the hometown Winnipeg Jets
Fast Air FBO at CYWG
Environment

Italian Charter Broker Offers Carbon-offset Program

Volunteered costs will go to environmental programs
Contrails
Airports

Hurricane Idalia Snarls Florida Aviation Traffic

With thousands facing power outages, Florida's airports clean up and resume operations
Hurricane Idalia approches Naples Airport