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

Airports

Amid Holiday Surge, Bozeman Airport Sees Jet-A Shortage

A surge in holiday travel to Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport has led to a temporary shortage of jet-A on the field.
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Charter & Fractional

Fractional Provider Volato Places Order for 15 HondaJets

Fractional HondaJet operator Volato, which launched last fall, has ordered 15 HondaJet Elite S aircraft.
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FBOs

Cutter Aviation Adds Texas FBO

With its purchase of Austin, Texas-area AeroJet FBO, Cutter Aviation's FBO network now totals five locations across the Southwest.
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FBOs

FBO Profile: Aero-One Aviation, Dothan Regional Airport

Aero-One Aviation has served Alabama’s Dothan Regional Airport since 2010 and it has been the lone service provider there since 2014.
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Regulations and Government

Trip Support in the Age of Covid

Trip support providers say business is nearing or exceeding pre-Covid levels, a big change since the start of the pandemic.
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Airports

Spanish Airport Goes on the Auction Block

Located less than 40 miles from Madrid, Spain’s Ocaña Airfield is available to the highest bidder.
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Environment

First Private Aircraft Fueled with SAF in Italy

Italy’s Milan Linate Airport is now the first in the country to fuel a business aircraft with sustainable aviation fuel.
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Environment

Atlantic Goes Green in Aspen

Atlantic Aviation introduced a new initiative at Colorado’s Aspen-Pitkin County Airport that will have all fuel bought and used there be carbon neutral.
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UAE Trip Support Provider Opens U.S. Office

Aviation services provider Prime Trip Support has established a new U.S. headquarters in Houston.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Milwaukee FBO Joins the Avfuel Network

Spring City Aviation, the lone service provider at Milwaukee’s Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport, has joined the Avfuel-branded dealer network.
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NBAA Postpones SDC2022 Until April

NBAA's annual Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference, originally scheduled for January, has been rescheduled to early April.
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FBOs

EBAA Postpones AIROPS to April, Citing New Covid Wave

With Covid infection rates again on the rise in Europe, EBAA announced today that it is postponed its annual two-day AIROPS conference to early April.
FBOs

ASL Group Opens New Genav Terminal at Liege Airport

ASL Group, which is now the exclusive general aviation aircraft handler at Belgium’s Liege Airport, has unveiled its newly-built general aviation terminal.
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FBOs

San Francisco Bay Area FBO Adds New Hangar Complex

Five Rivers Aviation, the sole service provider at San Francisco-area Livermore Municipal Airport, has completed a new 43,000-sq-ft hangar complex.
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Environment

Aviation Industry Groups Object to Santa Clara 100LL Ban

Aviation groups are protesting the decision by California’s Santa Clara County to ban the sale of 100LL aviation gasoline at two GA airports.
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Regulations and Government

NBAA: Make Those Super Bowl Plans Now

Coordination for the cloud of private aircraft expected to descend on the Los Angeles area for the February 13 NFL championship game has already begun.
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Environment

Clay Lacy Earns First NATA Sustainability Certification

Clay Lacy Aviation has become the first company certified under NATA’s recently launched Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses program.
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Environment

FAA Awards More SAF Production Research Funds

Looking to amplify its efforts to establish supply chains for sustainable aviation fuel, the FAA has awarded more than $14 million to university research.
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Avfuel's Craig Sincock To Be Honored at L.A. Gala

Avfuel Corporation owner, president and CEO Craig Sincock will be among those honored at the 19th annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards in January.
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Regulations and Government

London Bizav Airport To Offer Rapid Covid Testing

With Covid infection rates once again on the rise, the UK’s London Biggin Hill Airport is now offering rapid result PCR tests to arriving customers.
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FBOs

San Diego's Newest FBO To Shine at NBAA SDC

Coast Air Center, San Diego's newest FBO, will be among the exhibitors at NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers when the show returns there next month.
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Environment

Jet Aviation Launches SAF Book-and-claim Program

Jet Aviation has partnered with sustainable aviation fuel provider SkyNRG to launch its book-and-claim service.
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FBOs

Signature Buys Colorado Ski Country FBO

Signature Flight Support has expanded its U.S. FBO network with the acquisition of Vail Valley Jet Center at Colorado’s Eagle County Regional Airport.
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Environment

SAF Now Available at Jet Aviation Amsterdam

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provider Neste has signed an agreement to provide its SAF product at Jet Aviation’s FBO at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
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Charter & Fractional

Indiana-based Aviation Service Providers Join Forces

Indiana-based aviation services providers Jet Access and Eagle Creek Aviation have agreed to merge.
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FBOs

Arizona Airport To Receive New FBO

Phoenix-area Falcon Field Airport will gain a third FBO, thanks to the awarding of a lease to aircraft brokerage Cunningham Aviation.
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FBOs

Aero Centers To Open Spokane, Washington FBO

FBO chain Aero Centers has received permission to establish a facility at Washington’s Spokane International Airport.
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Aircraft

GAMA: Airframers Continue Strong Post-Covid Rebound in 3Q

General aviation manufacturers continued their strong rebound from the Covid pandemic slump in the third quarter.
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Environment

Bizav on Track for New 2050 Environmental Goals

Business aviation's ability to meet its new goal for net zero carbon emissions hinges heavily on widespread adoption of SAF and improved technology.
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FBOs

Atlantic Aviation, Ross Aviation To Merge

The expected merger between Atlantic Aviation and Ross Aviation will bring the world's second largest FBO chain to nearly 90 locations.
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