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

Jet Aviation will break ground next week on an expansion of its FBO at&nbsp;Palm Beach International Airport in Florida. The addition, on the northwest side of the airfield, consists of a new 40,000-sq-ft hangar&nbsp;and 10,000 sq ft of tenant office space, plus a new 30,000-gallon-capacity fuel farm.

 


The construction is part of a joint project with sister company Gulfstream, which is adding a new service center at the location, including a 115,000-sq-ft hangar. At the new facility, the two companies will also share an additional 21,000 sq ft of office space and a customer lounge.

 


The FBO’s primary services will remain at its existing location on the southeast side of the airport, which consists of 160,000 sq ft of hangar space and a 6,000-sq-ft terminal.

 


“The hangar and office space to be built in conjunction with Gulfstream’s service center will deliver new levels of service to our customers and new jobs for the community&nbsp;in an important market for Jet Aviation,” said David Paddock, senior v-p and general manager for U.S. regional operations, <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2019-04-01/jet-aviations-paddock-take-over-president">who will take over as Jet Aviation group president</a> next month. “This expansion demonstrates our commitment to the entire region and to the continued growth of the Palm Beach community.”

 


Both facilities are expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2020.

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