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

As Hurricane Fiona makes its way toward&nbsp;Bermuda, it has intensified to a&nbsp;Category 4 storm and has already left a trail of damage on some of the Caribbean islands. Puerto Rico, which saw the storm’s landfall on Sunday, experienced massive power and water outages.

 


The Jet Aviation FBO at San Juan&nbsp;Luis Munoz Marin International Airport reported relying on its generators on Sunday and Monday before returning to grid power this morning. The location, which endured 60-mph winds, emerged with only minor water leaks in its roof and is drawing from its own reserve water tanks as it supports arriving humanitarian flights.

 


At the city's Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport also known as Isla Grande, Modern Aviation-which operates the lone FBO on the field-noted that it had no material damage to its facilities other than a few minor water leaks.

 


On Turks and Caicos, all airports were closed by authorities&nbsp;ahead of the storm yesterday morning. Much of the island lost power last night but electricity was restored this morning&nbsp;to Providenciales International Airport (MBPV), according to Provo Air Center, which told AIN it suffered no damage or flooding to its FBO. While MBPV saw little impact from Fiona, the country’s other airports—Grand Turk and South Caicos—were battered by high winds, with the latter closed entirely and the former open only to relief and medevac flights.

 


The U.S. Virgin Islands were spared the brunt of Fiona’s fury. Standard Aviation at St. Thomas&nbsp;Cyril E. King International Airport reported no damage, as did Bohlke International Airways at St. Croix&nbsp;Henry E. Rohlsen Airport.

Fiona Causes Disruptions as It Churns through Caribbean

Hurricane Fiona has left a wake of soaked islands, power outages, and disruptions in air service at it winds through the Caribbean.

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