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

Million Air will break ground on a facility at El Paso International Airport (ELP) this week in a move that will give the Texas gateway a second aviation service provider. When completed early next year, the FBO will be the company’s fifth location in the state and the 32nd in its network.

 


“With four other locations in Texas, we feel like we have a good understanding of the market,” said CEO Roger Woolsey. “Striving to make our customers feel at home, we have taken every consideration into account to make sure our facility layout and amenities reflect the experience customers have come to expect from Million Air.”

 


The new location, owned by licensee Franklin Mountain Aviation ELP, will consist of a new terminal with 10,069 sq ft of lobby, including a café and refreshment bar, a pilot&nbsp;lounge, snooze rooms, flight planning area, and conference room. Outside the terminal, it will have 23,383 sq ft of hangar space, a 6,000-sq-ft aircraft porte-cochere, and more than five acres of ramp space.

 


“Having Million Air locate at [ELP] will be a boost for our economy,” said Paul Foster, owner of Franklin Mountain Investments Limited Partnership, the facility’s parent company. “Our operation will provide services and amenities for air travel that no one in this region has experienced before.”

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Million Air To Add El Paso FBO

The new Million Air FBO under construction at El Paso International Airport will be the chain's fifth in Texas, and the 32nd location in its network.

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