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

Banyan Air Service has inked a strategic agreement with HondaJet fractional ownership provider Volato that will see Banyan establish a new maintenance center for the light twinjet at Volato’s St. Augustine, Florida base.
“We are excited to open this new facility and have the opportunity to grow our existing MRO services,” said Charlie Amento, Banyan’s v-p and director of MRO services. "This will help us better serve our customers outside of South Florida and allow for additional employment opportunities.”
For Banyan—which is the authorized HondaJet dealer for the Southeast U.S. and operates an FAA Part 145 repair station at its 100-acre complex at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE)—this marks its first outward growth in its nearly 45-year history.&nbsp;Banyan agreed to a three-year sublease on a hangar at Volato’s Northeast Florida Regional Airport (KSGJ) facility and began integrating its services there on January 2.
The facility will concentrate on servicing the growing HondaJet fleet, which now numbers more than 250 aircraft. It will provide full-scale maintenance for Volato, one of the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2023-12-28/volato-expands-hondajet-fleet-50-percent-24-aircraft">world’s largest</a> fleet operators of the aircraft.
“Expanding into St. Augustine represents a major milestone for Banyan, marking our first venture beyond Fort Lauderdale,” said company president Don Campion. “We look forward to increasing regional accessibility by creating an additional authorized HondaJet maintenance center for operators throughout the region.”

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Banyan Opens North Florida HondaJet MRO At Volato Base

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Banyan Air Service has inked a strategic agreement with HondaJet fractional ownership provider Volato, which will see Banyan's first expansion beyond Fort Lauderdale in its 45-year history.

Banyan Opens North Florida HondaJet MRO at Volato Base

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