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

Environment

NBAA Touts Industry Sustainabilty at Congressional Hearing

In a document issued during a congressional hearing this week, NBAA detailed business aviation’s commitment to sustainability.
Environment

Work Begins on World's Largest Biofuel Plant

A consortium of energy industry companies has partnered with the Panamanian government to launch what will become the world’s largest biofuel refinery.
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Airports

Court Thwarts East Hampton's Attempt To Close Airport

A court-ordered temporary restraining order has put East Hampton Town's plans to close its airport and reopen it as a private use facility on hold.
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FBOs

FCG OPS Extends Ground Handling to Spain

FCG OPS has partnered with Spanish FBO operator General Aviation Service to give FCG’s ground handling network eight locations in Spain.
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Airports

NBAA Joins Motion To Halt KHTO Conversion

NBAA has joined with several other stakeholders in filing legal challenges to tomorrow’s planned closure of East Hampton Airport
Regulations and Government

AviationManuals Issues Updated Flight-planning Guide

Flight department manual and safety services specialist AviationManuals has issued an updated version of its flight planning guide.
FBOs

Modern Aviation To Acquire Three California FBOs

Modern Aviation will expand its network with the purchase of California-based Superior Aviation Company’s (SACJet) trio of Sacramento-area facilities.
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Environment

Phillips 66 To Establish Large Renewable Fuels Plant

Phillips 66 has decided to begin conversion of its major San Francisco area petroleum refinery into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities.
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WingX: Bizav Soaring in May

For the first part of May global business jet activity was up by 23 percent compared with the same period last year and 9 percent over pre-pandemic 2019.
FBOs

Sheltair Expands Savannah FBO

Sheltair broke ground this week on a new hangar project at its Savannah Hilton Head International Airport FBO.

Passenger Lands Caravan after Pilot Becomes Ill

After the pilot of a Cessna Caravan became incapacitated a passenger took the controls and with the help of ATC landed it safety.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Adds Line Maintenance in Zurich

Jet Aviation has begun offering line maintenance through its recently acquired hangar facility at Zurich International Airport.
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FBOs

Kentucky Derby Provides Bounty for Local FBO

Atlantic Aviation, which operates the lone FBO at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport saw a record private aviation crowd for the Kentucky Derby.
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Textron Aviation Delivers First SkyCourier

Launch Customer FedEx Express takes first SkyCourier
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Environment

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Makes Inroads in Monterey

Since early 2021, Avfuel has provided more than 200,000 gallon of sustainable aviation fuel to California's Monterey Regional Airport.
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JetNet NYC Summit Set for September

JetNet has scheduled this year’s annual iQ Global Business Aviation Summit for September 15-16 in New York City.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Notes Strong First Quarter

Bombardier Aviation added another $1.3 billion in backlog to its order book in the first quarter of 2022.
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Fuel

AEG Brings SAF to Vienna Airport

AEG Fuels has partnered with an Austrian fuel provider to make SAF available to general aviation customers at Vienna International Airport.
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Flashback: TAG plans exec terminal for Farnborough Airport

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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FBOs

Carver Aero Is Now Revv Aviation

Rapidly-expanding midwestern aviation services provider Carver Aero has rebranded itself as Revv Aviation.
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FBOs

Ross Aviation Goes Hawaiian

Ross Aviation has added six new FBOs to its network with the purchase of Air Service Hawaii.
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Flashback: Textron ends Citation Mustang production

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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Fuel

Jet Fuel Prices Continue To Climb

Operators of turbine-powered aircraft are still feeling the pinch of high jet fuel prices.
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Airports

Salina Airport Reopens Main Runway

Salina Regional Airport in Kansas has completed a renovation of the northernmost section of its primary 12,300-foot Runway 17/35.
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Flashback: Challenger Set To Roll in May; Fly in June

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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FBOs

AIN FBO Survey: Rest of World 2022

For FBOs around the world, the past year was a roller coaster from the lowest of lows to new peaks as the world continued to adjust and adapt to Covid.
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FBOs

FBO Profile: Capital Jet Center, West Virginia International Yeager Airport

The singular FBO at West Virginia's Yeager International Airport is owned and operated by the local airport authority.
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WingX: Global Bizav Sees Strong Post-Easter Demand

Global business aircraft activity was up by 17 percent over pre-pandemic 2019 last week, according to global data provider WingX Advance.
Regulations and Government

NFL Draft Draws Vegas Notam

With heavy traffic expected this weekend in Las Vegas for the NFL draft, a prior permission required program for transient GA aircraft has been instituted.
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Regulations and Government

Facing Noise Issues, Naples Stops Late-night Fueling

Florida’s Naples Municipal Airport will implement a new policy to stop overnight aircraft fueling operations on the field.
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