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

Atlantic Aviation has launched a multi-million-dollar program to upgrade its facilities at a dozen airports, including major additions at five of its FBOs.


At Houston Hobby Airport the company will construct a 17,000-sq-ft two-story environmentally friendly executive terminal with 5,400 sq ft of office space and two additional hangars totaling 80,000 sq ft of space. The project, slated for completion by the end of 2015, will see the site’s ramp space more than triple to 6.7 acres. In New Mexico at Four Corners Regional Airport, the company is about to begin renovations on its 3,600-sq-ft terminal and hangars and install a new fuel farm. The company’s Reno/Tahoe location is set to undergo a nearly year-long transformation that will include a new two-story 11,500-sq-ft executive terminal and a 40,000-sq-ft hangar. At Elmira Corning Regional Airport in New York, Atlantic has concluded work on a new 7,800-sq-ft executive hangar and 12,000-sq-ft hangar as well as an additional 125,000 sq ft ramp space. In the Windy City, the services provider has completed renovations of the interior of its Chicago Executive Airport terminal, which opened in September. A new 26,000-sq-ft hangar will go online in December.


The FBO chain is now offering a high-performance Wi-Fi system at all 60 of its locations that will provide coverage inside the terminal, on the ramp or in the hangars. “With more and more wireless-only devices, it is essential that Atlantic has reliable, consistent Wi-Fi coverage for our customers and guests as well as our own operations,” said Joel Collins, Atlantic’s project management office manager. “Our new smart Wi-Fi delivers outstanding coverage and presents customers a consistent look, feel and experience no matter which location they are visiting.”

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