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

Signature Flight Support has expanded its Signature Select affiliated FBO program with the addition of Contact Aviation in Michigan and Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Executive Jet Center.

 


Contact Aviation, one of six service providers at Detroit-area Oakland County International Airport (PTK), offers a 20,000-sq-ft terminal that includes offices, passenger lounge, a pilot&nbsp;lounge, 10-seat conference room, showers,&nbsp;snooze room, and crew cars. The Epic Fuels-branded FBO’s five-acre leasehold features 23,000 sq ft of hangar space that can accommodate aircraft up to a Gulfstream IV, and the company operates a Part 145 maintenance facility and full-service avionics service center.

 


Fort Lauderdale Jet Center (formerly Sano Jet Center) occupies 8.4 acres at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and has a 5,000-sq-ft, two-story terminal with a passenger lounge, pilot&nbsp;lounge with snooze room and shower facilities, flight planning room, kitchen, eight-seat conference room, and crew cars. The Phillips 66-branded location also has 61,000 sq ft of hangar space to shelter the latest big business jets.

 


“Signature Select allows owners to retain control of their business while benefitting from Signature Flight Support’s proprietary customer service, sales, and marketing expertise, and alignment with our global Signature network,” said Owen Busch, v-p of sales for Signature Select. “Value for both the FBO owner and Signature is created through extending the program and providing customers with a superior FBO experience.”

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Signature Expands Its Select Program

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