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

Flight planning provider Jeppesen has handed out its “ground handler of the year” awards. Selected by the Boeing subsidiary’s trip planners, based on criteria including response time, problem-solving ability, facility quality, safety and customer service, the top locations in five regions were honored. For the region of Africa, the Middle East and India, Jet Aviation’s location at Dubai International Airport was selected. The location features an 11,300-sq-ft two-story FBO building along with more than 45,000 sq ft of hangar space. Its repair facility holds both FAA and EASA certifications. 
For the European and Russian region, Rome-based Air Consult was chosen based on its knowledge and relationships with local authorities and ground-handling companies. In Asia, Mainami Kuko has been a preferred handler for the company for the last 15 years and provides ground services for all aircraft types at all Japanese airports. 
The Canada, Latin America, Australia and Pacific regions were represented by Manny Aviation Services (MAS), which serves more than 60 airports in Mexico. The winner in the U.S., Caribbean and South American region was Buenos Aires-based Argentina Ground Support (AGS), which serves customers throughout Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.

Jeppesen Hands Out Ground Handling Honors

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