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

Florida’s Naples Airport Authority, which operates the sole full-service FBO at the dedicated GA airport, has rebranded it Naples Aviation. The Avfuel-branded facility will also add contract fueling to its services, pumped by the location’s NATA Safety-1st trained staff.

 


The facility, which specializes in quick turns, includes a passenger lounge with refreshment bar, business center, conference room, fitness center with showers, crew lounge, flight-planning room, crew cars, and onsite access to U.S. Customs.

 


“We’re excited about the new name, along with all of the changes that come with it,“ said FBO manager Mike Hushek. “We have launched a new website for easier customer use and are offering competitive rates on jet fuel with Avfuel contract fuel.”

 


With that service addition, aircraft operators at Naples Airport will also benefit from no-fee purchases, the ability to put all purchases (both fuel and non-fuel) on their accounts, tax savings,&nbsp;and streamlined online account management.

 


“Our operators are looking forward to taking advantage of the Avfuel contract fuel program in another high-profile destination location,” said Joel Hirst, the fuel provider’s vice president of sales. “We’ve had a long, successful partnership with Naples Aviation and are happy to be a part of the operation’s progression with rebranding and adding the program.”

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