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

AIN Blog: Iran Lassoes the Beast of Kandahar

U.S. surveillance and stealth technology are secrets to be explored by Iran

Forecast International Predicts Bizav Upswing

Industry market analyst Forecast International sees slow but steady improvement ahead for the business aviation industry
FBOs

FBO Profile: Yellowstone Jet Center

While most FBO operators around the country are anticipating the start of winter and its travel challenges
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Airports

Peterborough Airport Completes Expansion

In a ceremony attended by Canada’s Prime Minister, the City of Peterborough, Ontario,
FBOs

Lafayette Aviation Signs with Phillips 66

Lafayette Aviation, the lone FBO at Purdue University Airport, has joined the Phillips 66 Aviation-branded dealer network.
FBOs

FBO Opens New Hangar at SUS

St. Louis-based private aircraft support provider Aero Charter has completed a new 30,000-sq-ft hangar