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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In its latest business aircraft preowned market update, industry data provider Amstat noted a relative slowdown in resale transaction activity. Despite this, the company said sales activity is more brisk in many aircraft segments&nbsp;than in pre-pandemic years.
According to the report,&nbsp;there is still a lower percentage of the active fleet available for resale than historical averages, but preowned inventory saw significant increases year-over-year. Inventory build-up was led by light jets, which is now at&nbsp;5.4 percent of the in-service fleet,&nbsp;and&nbsp;large-cabin jets&nbsp;at 5.3 percent.
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In terms of asking prices, Amstat’s analysts observed continued high expectations from sellers, with midsize jets experiencing a 72 percent price increase from a year ago. “Seller expectations remain high with the average asking price of preowned medium jets continuing to rise despite weakening demand and an increase in preowned supply,” the report said.

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