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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Along with conventional jet-A, Avfuel will continue the FBO’s continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with each truckload providing a 19-tonne life cycle carbon reduction. It will make the facility a standout SAF-available location for AvfuelZero, Avfuel’s customer sustainability program that manages its carbon portfolio with a mix of direct SAF purchase, book-and-claim, and carbon offset credits.
“Sun Air Jets is excited to partner with Avfuel to provide industry-leading, sustainable services to Southern California,” said Mary Brehm, the service provider’s v-p of business operations. “Avfuel’s reputation of reliability, personalized customer care, and environmental leadership integrate seamlessly with Sun Air’s mission and legacy of award-winning service.”
Sun Air will now offer Avfuel contract fuel as well as its Avtrip customer loyalty program. To highlight its new affiliation, the California company will join the exhibiting FBOs at the Avfuel booth next week at NBAA-BACE.

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