A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;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&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;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&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;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.

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Curt Epstein

Construction is expected to begin by year-end on an FBO facility at St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM). According to the airport, private jet movements there last year were up 13 percent over 2012, and the increasing operational tempo and congested parking called for an upgrade. The new $5.5 million, 10,763-sq-ft terminal is expected to be completed 14 to 16 months after construction begins, and will include three retail outlets as well as customs, immigration and security services.


GA traffic at SXM is currently served by FBO operators Signature Flight Support (<a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2011-12-06/signature-acquires-caribbean-fbo">through a majority stake in Arrindell Aviation</a>) and TLC Aviation, which occupy an airport-owned building. Whether they will continue to operate from the new facility has yet to be determined, but the service providers there will be expected to expand their own lounges to provide more services and amenities. To make room for the new complex, which will have more than an acre of ramp space, a government-operated fire station was demolished and will be relocated to a newly built landside location.

St. Maarten to Receive New FBO Terminal

The airport’s increasing operational tempo necessitated an upgrade.

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