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

Tubreaux Aviation Services, the lone FBO at Northern Louisiana’s Shreveport Downtown Airport, is the latest to join the Avfuel Network as a branded dealer. Located two minutes from downtown, and near the area’s resorts and casinos, the FBO is an option for those heading to Shreveport for business or pleasure, as well as a tech stop for cross-country flights. The recently remodeled 1,500-sq-ft terminal offers a lounge, flight planning area, snooze room, crew,&nbsp;and rental cars. The facility has 10,000 sq ft of hangar space, which can accommodate aircraft up to a Challenger 300. It provides full-service fueling, with self-serve pumps available 24/7.

 


“Our commitment to the general aviation community is our biggest differentiator,” said Nicholas Delbasty, the location’s operations manager. “Each guest is served with a meticulous attention to detail and a sensitivity to their unique needs, while in a secure environment that affords the heightened privacy desired when flying privately.”

 


The location, which offers services including maintenance, charter, management, sales, and flight training, will now participate in Avfuel’s contract fuel and Avtrip rewards programs.

 


“We are pleased to add a premier FBO in a key region for our operator customers, to Avfuel’s family of branded locations,” said Mark Haynes, the fuel provider’s vice president of sales.

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