Curt Epstein
Senior 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

Training and Workforce

FlightSafety focuses on Asia, Middle East markets

After a year best described as challenging, flight-training provider FlightSafety International has seen an uptick in business since January and is adding
Training and Workforce

CAE plans major global expansion

Flight training provider CAE is preparing to double its global network of business aviation training centers over the next two years.
Airports

Memphis GA Airport Submerged in Flood

General DeWitt Spain Airport (M01) in Memphis has been closed since last Wednesday due to the flooding from the Mississippi River.

HBC: Backlog and Deliveries Up, but GA Revenues Down

In its first-quarter earnings call this morning Hawker Beechcraft announced it has increased its backlog over the previous quarter by $122 million, to $1.5
Accidents

Investigation continues into G650 crash

The investigation continues into

People in Aviation: May 2011

Airborne communications and flight following provider Guardian Mobility has appointed Howard Pearl president and CEO.
Security

Accidents: May 2011

Preliminary Report: King Air Crashes on Takeoff Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Long Beach, Calif., March 16, 2011–The twin turboprop was s
Environment

As fuel prices rise, biofuels wait for approval

Civil unrest in the Middle East has pushed up the price of jet fuel by more than 30 percent since December.
FBOs

Winner Aviation Sold

Winner Aviation, the sole aviation services provider at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) in Vienna, Ohio, was purchased by its former manager, Rick
Airports

Two Moscow Airport To Merge

The Russian government intends to combine Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports into a single state-owned entity to renovate them and eventually sell them to p
Airports

Signature Rebrands Its Maintenance Operations

Signature Flight Support has launched its new maintenance brand, Signature TechnicAir.
Safety

De-Icing Holdover Chart Revised

The FAA has issued an update to its
Regulations and Government

Changes Made to TEB Departure Protocol

Following an investigation by the DOT Inspector General’s office on the safety of the Dalton 19 departure at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, ATC is no lon
FBOs

Sioux Falls To Get Second FBO

Construction has begun on the new Maverick Air Center, which is expected to open on the west side of Joe Foss Field/Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) by t
Safety

Corporate flights gradually return to Japan

Despite what has been reported as the halting pace of radiation containment at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, business aviation operation
FBOs

New Private Jet Center Slated for Singapore

Hawker Pacific announced it is developing an $11.6 million business aviation service center at Seletar Aerospace Park to replace its East Camp operation at
FBOs

Garmin To Offer Runway Awareness Tool

In an effort to reduce accidental runway incursions, Garmin has partnered with wireless technology provider I.D.
FBOs

Weston Aviation To Open Third UK FBO

Aviation services provider Weston Aviation has finalized a deal with Humberside International Airport authorities to open the first dedicated FBO at the ai
FBOs

FBOs Re-up with Phillips

Regional Jet Center, located at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Bentonville, Ark., and AAR Aircraft Services at Will Rogers World Airport (OKC
Environment

Paragon Aviation Group Makes Roster Changes

Independent FBO network Paragon Aviation Group has
Charter & Fractional

Telemetry Data Could Reveal Why Gulfstream G650 Crashed

16:00 4-21-2011 As the investigation continues into the

AIN Blog: G650 Crash Has Echoes of Titanic

Last week marked the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

NARA Meeting Sounds Upbeat Note for Bizjet Sales

Reports from last week’s National Aircraft Resale Association’s spring meeting in Naples, Fla., inspire continued optimism about the business aviation indu
Aircraft

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report on G650 Crash

The flight-test Gulfstream G650 that crashed in Roswell,
Aircraft

Gulfstream Suspends G650 Flight Tests in Wake of Crash

The NTSB is leading the investigation into
FBOs

2011 FBO Survey – The Americas: State of the FBO Industry

Printable version of the FBO Report, FBO Ratings and Readers Comments For
FBOs

2011 FBO Survey – The Americas: Top 10 FBOs

Printable version of the FBO Report, FBO Ratings and Readers Comments<
Aircraft

Conforming HondaJet Reaches Top Speed

Honda Aircraft announced this week that its first production-conforming HondaJet achieved the m

Trip planners predict continued uncertainty in Japan

by Curt Epstein Last month, for the second time in a little over two years, an island nation was beset by a cataclysmic natural disaster that