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

Aircraft

Covid Effects Weigh On Bizav 3Q Deliveries

Business jets and turboprops deliveries still lag previous year tallies by double digits, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Oklahoma MRO Earns Scimitar Blade STC for MU-2

Intercontinental Jet Service Corp has received an STC for Hartzell’s four-bladed scimitar aluminum prop installations on Mitsubishi MU-2s.
FBOs

Sky Valet Joins Paragon FBO Network

The addition of the Sky Valet chain brings the number of locations in the Paragon FBO Network to more than 100 worldwide.
Regulations and Government

London Biggin Hill Airport Opens Covid Testing Center

London Biggin Hill Airport is now the first GA gateway in Europe to offer an onsite Covid testing center.
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Aircraft

Jetcraft Releases Pre-Owned Jet Forecast

Despite the havoc wrought by the Covid pandemic, global aircraft brokerage Jetcraft has just released its Five-year Pre-Owned Market Forecast.
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FutureFlight

Bye Aerospace Signs Deal with Safran Electric Motors

Bye, an electric airplane pioneer, has picked French engine-maker Safran to power its eFlyers.
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FBOs

Universal Tapped for UK's Northolt GAT Management

Universal Aviation has been selected to manage the general aviation terminal at London’s Northolt Airport.
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FBOs

NATA Fueling Requirement Change Sees Industry Approval

NATA noted strong business aviation industry support for its proposed changes to the NFPA 407 Standard for Aircraft Fuel Servicing.
Avionics

Canada Citation VII Fitted with Universal InSight Flight Deck

Mid-Canada Mod Center has completed the first Canadian installation of the Universal Avionics InSight Display System integrated flight deck.
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Environment

WEF Report Examines SAF Needs

A newly-released report from the World Economic Forum says that a transition to carbon-neutral flying is possible.
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FBOs

Sheltair's FXE Hangar Complex Now Fully Operational

Sheltair has completed its major hangar complex on the north side of Fort Lauderdale’s Executive Airport (FXE).
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FBOs

ExecuJet Acquires Jet Aviation's Berlin and Munich FBOs

ExecuJet has acquired the Jet Aviation FBO facilities in Berlin and Munich.
Fuel

New Jet Fuel Brokerage Launches in Switzerland

A new global aviation fuel broker has entered the market with the launch of Switzerland-based iFuel AG.
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Regulations and Government

NATA Seeks Fire Protection Fueling Requirement Change

NATA is urging industry members to support its Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to the national fire code for aircraft fueling.
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Maintenance and Modifications

King Aerospace To Expand in Oklahoma

Texas-based aviation MRO services provider King Aerospace will start construction early next year on a new 90,000-sq-ft hangar at its Oklahoma facility.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Bongiovi Audio System Installed in Hawker 900XP

West Star Aviation has completed the first installation of the Bongiovi Aviation Audio System in a Hawker 900XP.
Airports

Dubai Sees Strong Bizav Recovery

Private aviation traffic at Dubai’s World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport has experienced strong rebound since July according to MEBAA.
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Airports

Maryland Airport Completes Runway Expansion

The city of Frederick, Maryland, has completed a runway extension project at Frederick Municipal Airport, the second busiest airport in the state.
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Airports

Berlin's New Airport Opens after Years of Delays

Nearly a decade after it was initially slated to open, Berlin’s new Brandenburg Airport (BER) finally made its operational debut on Saturday.
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FBOs

New FBO Opens in Barbados

Barbados’ Grantley Adams International Airport has received a second FBO with the opening of the new M Jet facility.
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FBOs

Clay Lacy To Open East Coast FBO

Clay Lacy Aviation has received permission from the Connecticut Airport Authority to expand its East Coast operations facility into a full FBO.
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FutureFlight

Korean Company Invests in Bye Aerospace and New Envoy Aircraft

Little is known about the plans for Korean startup Aerospace9, which has been recently founded by IT entrepreneur Seunghyuk Cha.
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Regulations and Government

FAA Funds Second Phase of Cybersecurity Assessment

Astronautics Corporation has received additional FAA funding to continue with phase two of its Aircraft Systems Information Security/Protection study.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Rosen To Introduce Larger, Improved Cabin Displays

Rosen Aviation has signed a new partnership with Japan-OLED which will pave the way for it to begin providing new large format OLEDs
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CBAA Joins SAF Coalition

The Canadian Business Aviation Association is the newest member of the Business Aviation Sustainable Fuel Coalition.
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Rotorcraft

CAAM Debuts with Bell as Launch Member

This week saw the official launch of the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM) Coalition, with Bell Textron as a founding member of the group.
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FutureFlight

Advanced Air Mobility Consortium Launches In Canada

The Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM) Consortium will promote the introduction of zero and reduced carbon aircraft.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan's Rapid Engine Response Team Sees Milestone

The team, which now encompasses 16 bases nationwide, has completed its second decade.
Charter & Fractional

VistaJet Unveils the Private World

Global private lift provider VistaJet has unveiled a new collection of private and secure high-end vacation destination partnerships.
Aircraft

Rolls-Royce and Tecnam Develop Electric Commuter Airliner

Tecnam's nine-passenger, all-electric P-Volt is set to enter commercial service during the second half of the 2020s, according to the Italian manufacturer.
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