A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;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&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;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&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;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.

Business Aviation Services Editor

Curt Epstein

A new report from SkyQuest Technology Consulting predicts the global jet fuel market will more than double over the next seven years. Valued at $351 billion at the end of 2024, the company forecasts this market to exceed $750 billion annually by 2033 due to new joint ventures and large-scale production activities in the sector.
According to SkyQuest’s analysts, the advances in fuel efficiency driven by innovations in aircraft design and engineering will ultimately benefit the aviation fuel market by bringing down costs, which is “beneficial given the rising demand for fuel with lower-carbon emissions.”
As part of their global sustainability goals, airlines and other operators are using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to lower their overall emissions. This raises the demand for SAF considerably, in addition to bringing more infrastructure and investment opportunities.&nbsp;Use of renewable feedstocks in SAF production has created new opportunities for neat unblended SAF’s competitive advantages since these resources have been widely marketed the report added.
The primary hurdle in the expansion of the market is expected to be high fuel cost due to higher crude oil prices, which is rising due to the mismatch between supply and demand, the report said. Because of the weakening global economy and rising interest rates in some Western countries, Saudi Arabia recently curtailed its crude oil production equivalent to 2% of the global supply.

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

Analyst: World Jet Fuel Market To Double by 2032

Sustainability and crude oil supplies are expected to be major factors

A new report predicts the global jet fuel market will double by 2032.

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Icelandic company IDunnH2 will start supplying eSAF to the business aviation group from 2029

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Valero-produced fuel cuts GHG emissions by up to 80%

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The fuel provider will leverage its expertise in panel discussions

Avfuel Talks SAF and Future Airport Strategy at EBACE

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Report seeks shared models and data systems to investigate contrail impact and mitigation strategies

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