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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Jackson Jet, one of three service providers at Idaho’s Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, has added a second facility with the acquisition of Swift Aviation Services, an FBO at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX). According to Jackson CEO Jeff Jackson, the deal does not include Swift’s air charter certificate. Swift’s facility consists of an 18,000-sq-ft terminal, more than 100,000 sq ft of hangar space able to accommodate bizliners, and a 31,500-sq-ft arrivals canopy.

 


Since its founding in 2005, Jackson Jet has offered its own aircraft charter in the Phoenix area, but this latest move gives it a solid base there and strengthens the company’s presence in the intermountain west, which also includes a maintenance facility in Sun Valley, Idaho, and an aircraft base at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.&nbsp;Jackson Jet will rebrand and take over Swift’s operations at KPHX on January 26.

 


“We’re always interested in ways to expand our footprint and bring top-shelf services to a wider customer base,” said Jackson. ‘We’re excited that the right opportunity came along to both grow ourselves and the services we offer our customers at Sky Harbor.”

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Jackson Jet, a service provider at Idaho’s Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, has acquired Swift Aviation Services at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

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