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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Sun Air Jets, an aviation services provider at Camarillo Airport in Southern California, has joined the handful of FBOs committed to offering a permanent supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and as a Signature Select FBO it becomes the first of that designation to do so.

 


The company—which also provides aircraft charter, management, and maintenance services—took its first delivery of SAF&nbsp;through Signature Aviation subsidiary Epic Fuels in December. That's&nbsp;around the time Signature Flight Support began <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-12-08/saf-now-flowing-signature-san-francisco-london-luton">receiving its first tanker loads</a> at its own FBOs at San Francisco International and London Luton Airports.

 


"We are flexible in our supply solutions based on the merits of each market," a Signature spokesperson told AIN. "We are consistent advocates of providing SAF at Signature locations and [at] our EPIC and Signature Select FBO partners."

 


Sun Air is offering the renewable fuel at the standard fuel price thanks to a donation from an anonymous benefactor that will cover the price delta between SAF and conventional jet-A. Based on its average fuel flowage, the company expects this pricing policy to be in place for two years. Through the end of March, the FBO is giving TailWins program&nbsp;members five times the regular amount of Signature TailWins reward points for SAF orders.

 


“Now, more than ever, it is important for everyone to do their part,” said Sun Air president and CEO Brian Counsil. “We’re thrilled to partner with Signature Select and Epic Fuels to be one of the first companies to offer SAF and help our company and clients reduce their carbon footprint.” 
 
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