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

FBOs

Million Air To Open Beijing FBO in January

The Texas-based service provider will add its first Asian and South African locations next year.
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FBOs

XJet Looks To Manage Growth

With two locations currently and three under way, the service provider is enlisting additional help.
Avionics

Bombardier’s WAVE System Nears the Starting Line

The high-speed connectivity solution will make its debut next year on Global-series aircraft.
FBOs

Clay Lacy Joins the Air Elite Network

The addition of the Los Angeles-based service provider’s two locations brings the network to 51 locations world-wide.

World Fuel’s Ascent Brand Debuts in Canada

Million Air Vancouver is the first Canadian FBO.
FBOs

Shanghai FBO Sees Traffic Spike in October

The Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Centre just saw its busiest month in its five year existence.
Aircraft

API & FlexSys Look to Market Wing Morph Technology

The partnership between Aviation Partners, Inc. and FlexSys could bring ground-breaking design technology to the industry.
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FBOs

Tac Air Sees Network Improvements

A new customs facility in Omaha, is just one of the service provider’s recent upgrades.
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FBOs

Atlantic to Open at SLC

While it operates from a temporary facility, the company plans to construct a state-of-the-art FBO.
Fuel

Fuelerlinx Improves Tankering Accuracy With Flight Plan Data

The fuel management software provider can now interface with flight planning companies to offer better tankering advice.
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FBOs

FBO Software Provider Vessix Plans Expansion

Cloud-based business platform automates the handling of many elements of FBO business management.

Air BP’s Sterling Card to Make U.S. Debut

The fuel provider’s credit program will soon be accepted at all of Signature Flight Support’s U.S. locations
Aircraft

Dassault’s Falcon 8X Makes North American Debut

Three 8Xs are now to undergo completion in Little Rock.
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Aircraft

Honeywell Forecast Sees Slight Decline in Deliveries, Value

Changes in buying plans and entry into service dates for some big-ticket aircraft are among the reasons.
Regulations and Government

Misclassification of Bizav Workers a Growing Concern

Independent contractor or not independent contractor? That is the question.
FBOs

Signature San Jose Open For Business

Signature San Jose Open For Business
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Safety

Inflight Emergencies On Tap at Aircare Sim

The global emergency training provider has brought its latest full motion simulator to NBAA.
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FBOs

Fort Wayne Airport Prepares for FBO Duty

The airport authority is set unveil its newly-built $4 million facility
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FBOs

Korea’s First FBO Set to Debut

Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport has seen a 620 percent rise in business aviation traffic over the past decade.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Corporate Aviation Insurance Group Rebrands

In order to better reflect its growing range of industry coverage, the Indiana-based company renamed itself.
FBOs

Starport Planning New Sanford Hangars

The Florida FBO has 60 percent market share at Orlando Sanford International Airport.
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FBOs

Chicagoland FBO Named DCA Gateway

The service provider is guaranteeing the best fuel prices in the area.
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FBOs

FBO Profile: Hill Aircraft

Family-owned facility in Fulton County builds on six decades of operation.
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Aircraft

GAMA: YTD Business Jet, Turboprop Deliveries Climb

Third-quarter delivery numbers reveal a business jet industry firmly on track for its third straight year of gains.
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Airports

Ethiopia Prepares To Build Major Hub Airport for Africa

The planned Addis Ababa airport has capacity for more than 100 million passengers each year.
FBOs

Windy City Gateway Gets New Runway

Runway 10R-28L will be used primarily as an arrivals runway
FBOs

Clay Lacy Aviation Adds To Its VNY Apron

The nearly five-decades-old service provider has embarked on a major upgrade project at the Los Angeles-area gateway.
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FBOs

A Grand Opening in Grand Island

Trego-Dugan Aviation unveils its FBO at Central Nebraska Regional Airport.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

UBS Sees Sluggish Used Bizjet Demand

The financial company's survey shows inventories of used young aircraft rising except in North America.
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Regulations and Government

Corporate Angel Network Hits Milestone Patient Flight

The Westchester County, New York-based business aviation industry charity has been helping cancer patients for nearly 35 years.