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

Modern Aviation and Sheltair’s previously agreed-upon sale of the latter’s FBO at Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (KISP) has been approved and concluded today with the handover of the facility. The deal, first announced in October, described <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-10-18/modern-aviation-makes-deal-sheltairs-new-york-fbos">Sheltair’s divestiture in the New York market</a>,&nbsp;with Modern agreeing to purchase the Florida-based aviation real estate and service provider’s facilities at five area airports.

 


Sheltair said the move will allow it to concentrate its expansion efforts in its home state, as well as Georgia and Colorado where it also operates. Last month, the two companies consummated the transaction for the former Sheltair FBOs at New York City <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2022-02-08/modern-aviation-closes-two-nyc-fbos">John F. Kennedy International and La Guardia airports</a>, which are the lone private aircraft service providers at both locations.

 


The remaining two Long Island properties—at Republic Airport in Farmingdale and at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach—are expected to transact in the coming weeks. Modern has offered to retain all former Sheltair employees during the transition.

 


“We believe that increasing our presence in New York will allow us to better service our customers in the Northeast,” explained Modern CEO,&nbsp;Mark Carmen. “Adding a base at [KISP] is a major step in our strategy to continue growing our platform in attractive markets.”

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