Curt Epstein
Business Aviation Services Editor

A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined AIN in 2007, Curt came to the publication 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 AIN sister publication 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  Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.

Before joining AIN, Curt worked with 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.

Latest from Curt Epstein

Operations

Universal Wx Evolves Trip Support Communications

The company's new uvGO Tasks promises to cut through endless emails
Universal uvGo
Training and Workforce

Duncan Aviation Battle Creek Gets FAA Nod as Test Center

Michigan location is company's first to obtain this approval
Sign at Duncan Aviation training center
FBOs

Pittsburgh-area FBO Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Vantage Aviation is poised to acquire its assets
Corporate Air FBO at KAGC
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Skyservice Gets FAA, ANAC STC for Gogo Galileo HDX

These are in addition to its early approval by Transport Canada
Skyservice location
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Amstat Enhances Premier+ Aircraft Broker Platform

New functionality will be demonstrated at NBAA-BACE 2025
screenshot of Amstat Premier+
FBOs

Fledgling Velocity FBO Network Adds Arizona Location

Launched in June, Havasu Air Center presents its latest purchase
former Havasu Air Center
FBOs

Florida Hangar Complex Readies for Takeoff

The new hangars can accommodate light business aircraft
box hangar at KVRB
Engines

AIN Product Support Survey 2025 - Turbine Engines

Readers rate business aviation engine OEMs’ aftermarket support
GE Passport
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Jets MRO Bringing New Paradigm

Dallas MRO hopes to bring a new approach to workforce
The Jets MRO hangar a KRBD
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Joby, Skyports Ink Air Taxi Deal in UAE Emirate

Service is expected to begin there in 2027
Artist rendering of proposed vertiport in Ras Al Khaimah
FBOs

Million Air’s Utah FBO Debuts In-house Cafe

The location serves pilots, passengers, and plane spotters
Jet-A-Way Cafe at Million Air SGU
Regulations and Government

Dallas-area Airport Adds New CBP Facility

The city-funded structure took more than a year to build
New CBP facility at McKinney National Airport
Environment

IATA: Technology, Not Feedstock, Limiting SAF Goals

Study urges investments in technology and infrastructure
World Energy SAF refinery in Paramount, California
FBOs

New Hangar Rises in the Mexican Riviera

It is the first for private aviation at Los Cabos International Airport
Primesky hangar at Los Cabos
Charter & Fractional

Las Vegas Charter Operator Expands to Dallas Metroplex

Cirrus Aviation Services operates nearly 30 jets across the entire spectrum
Bombardier Challenger 850, part of Cirrus Aviation Services' fleet
FBOs

North Carolina’s Triangle Airport Adding another Hangar

Project will add 12,000 sq ft of space to a tight aircraft shelter market
aircraft hangar
Aircraft

Million Air Launches Aircraft Brokerage

The addition brings another aviation service under the company banner
deal transacted on jet apron
Rotorcraft

Sergei Sikorsky Flies West at Age 100

He was an eyewitness to the birth and development of the helicopter
Sergei Sikorsky
Regulations and Government

Drone Pilot Who Crashed into L.A. Fire Bomber Sentenced

He will receive prison time and be required to pay for the airplane’s repair
CL-415 wing damage
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Adds Battery Shop in Scottsdale, Arizona

Located in Duncan’s satellite repair station at KSDL
Duncan battery technician in shop
FBOs

Million Air CEO Roger Woolsey To Receive Top NATA Award

Will be recognized for his lifetime contributions to general aviation
MIllion Air CEO and NATA Ong Award recipient Roger Woolsey
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Rolls Out First Production Ascend

The OEM expects certification by the end of the year
First Cessna Ascend rollout
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Piper M-Class Owner Group Partners with Insurance Firm

Association membership equals discounts on coverage costs
Piper M600 on takeoff
Maintenance and Modifications

FL Technics To Open New Caribbean MRO by End of Year

Facility will specialize in smaller Boeing and Airbus aircraft
Artist rendering of FL Technics Punta Cana MRO facility
FBOs

AEG Fuels Connect FBO Network Reaches 40 Locations

Three new FBOs in the network are on both U.S. coasts and the Caribbean
private jet on the ramp at Sky Acres Airport in Upstate, New York
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky, Cal Fire to Explore Autonomous Firefighting

The five-year collaboration will focus on the S-70 Firehawk
Sikosky Firehawk in autonomous fire demonstration
Aircraft

GAMA: Bizjet Deliveries and Airplane Billings Up in 1H

Business jet billings for the period surpass $12 billion
Embraer Praetor in flight
Charter & Fractional

PlaneSense Celebrates Pearl Anniversary

The fractional provider is the largest Pilatus operator in the U.S.
Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24 in flight
Maintenance and Modifications

Textron Aviation Expands ProAdvantage for Citation CJs

Top-tier maintenance plan brings additional user benefits
Cessna 525 series jet
FBOs

Oklahoma FBO Expands with New Large Hangar

Structure doubles the FBO’s hangar space
US Aviation Founder Roger Hardesty poses by his new hangar