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

Universal Aviation Mexico, the joint venture between Universal Weather and Aviation and Avemex, has opened a new 50,000-sq-ft hangar at its Toluca International Airport FBO. The $3.5 million structure—the location’s fifth on the airport—consists of 17,500 sq ft of aircraft storage and 32,000 sq ft of office space. The hangar will be used for locally based operators outside of peak periods.

 


“We built this “low-movement hangar” to meet the parking and hangarage shortages at Toluca without compromising safety by either positioning aircraft extremely close together or having to make excessive movements to get in and out,” said Grupo Avemex president Agustin Lanzagorta.&nbsp; “We’ve seen tremendous interest in the new hangar and have already secured many base tenants.”

 


The joint venture operates FBOs at five airports in Mexico and provides ground handling at more than 50. Its facility at Toluca offers three direct taxiway access points, the most of any service provider on the field.

 


“Both based and transient operators at Toluca have struggled to find parking and hangarage due to shortages in recent years at this already congested airport,” explained Universal chairman Greg Evans. “Along with the multimillion-dollar renovation of our FBO [terminal] two years ago, our new hangar is recognition of our commitment to supporting our clients' critical missions at this important destination for business aviation.”

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