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.

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Curt Epstein

Even taking into account the most recent upheaval on Wall Street, engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace’s just released 17th annual business aviation market forecast calls for deliveries of up to 17,000 new jets worth approximately $300 billion over the next decade. Based on operator responses, the results from this year’s survey show record deliveries will continue through next year, with a drop off in 2010. Honeywell’s forecast, which is a blend of survey responses from flight departments combined with production data from OEMs and market analysis, predicts a delivery peak next year, with the market growth cycle resuming in 2012. In the more immediate term, a record delivery of around 1,200 new business jets is expected this year, up from 1,020 last year. While the prediction represents a 15-percent year-over-year increase, it is still below last year’s forecast that more than 1,300 airplanes would be delivered. According to the report, deliveries next year could reach 1,400 business jets depending on how quickly some new programs ramp up. Despite the positive outlook there are some signs of softening within the industry due to increasing fuel costs. However, Honeywell said utilization rates of newer airplanes and long-range aircraft have remained relatively flat.

Honeywell Forecast: Bizav Outlook Healthy

Even taking into account the most recent upheaval on Wall Street, engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace’s just released 17th annual business

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