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

Used business jet prices saw their strongest month-over-month gain in more than a year last month, according to J.P. Morgan’s North America Equity Research. Statistics released yesterday in the company’s April Business Jet Monthly report show the used business jet market showed a 1.9-percent rise, only the second sequential increase since the start of last year and a trend the company views as an indicator that stronger new jet demand is approaching.


Pre-owned inventory of in-production aircraft for sale remained flat since January at 8.9 percent, with the analyst noting that declines in available light and heavy jets were offset by an increase in medium-cabin aircraft inventory. While average asking price rose by 1.9 percent month-over-month, pricing was still down nearly 10 percent year-over-year. Large-cabin aircraft, particularly Gulfstreams, drove the price climb, while light jets posted their fifth price gain in the past six months.


In the report, the company also noted that February’s flight operations grew by 3.5 percent over the previous year. The three-month moving average growth has now reached 5.8 percent, its best since spring 2011.

J.P. Morgan: Used Bizjet Prices Show Gains

The pre-owned business jet market showed a 1.9 percent rise, only the second sequential increase since early 2013.

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