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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Global aviation services provider Luxaviation has acquired the Sky Valet FBO at Paris Le Bourget and will rebrand it as part of the Execujet chain. Sky Valet rented much of the 9,150-sq-ft (850-sq-m) terminal building, which is owned by Luxaviation France and houses its offices and a charter lounge. 

 


That facility, one of seven service providers on the field, includes three private lounges, a crew lounge with dispatch office, a private terrace with airport views, onsite security, and dedicated secure vehicle parking. It also has more than 100,000-sq-ft of ramp area and space for customer storage and ground equipment. The FBO, which will retain its staff, earned a 12 percent market share at Le Bourget last year, handling more than 6,000 private aircraft movements.

 


“With the acquisition of the prestigious Paris-Le Bourget VIP Terminal FBO, we are able to further grow our 26 strong VIP terminal network under our ExecuJet brand, and provide our clients with an unrivaled full-service ground handling in an unparalleled location,” said Luxaviation Group CEO Patrick Hansen.

 


Sky Valet, which is owned by Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur, manages 22 FBOs throughout France, Spain, and Portugal, as well as an additional seven independent locations through its Sky Valet Connect affiliate program. After the sale of the Le Bourget location, the company still operates in France at Cannes and San Tropez.

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