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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Million Air has completed its acquisition and rebranding of the former Marathon Jet Center at Marathon International Airport (KMTH) in the Florida Keys. For the FBO chain (Booth 3830), the location represents its fourth in the state and the 34th in the Million Air network. The facility includes two separate locations, one catering to business jets, while the other handles light general aviation traffic.

 


The terminal on the jet side was recently replaced with a hurricane-rated building after the former structure was heavily damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017. Million Air will keep that building but switch the aircraft classes for the two locations, with the general aviation segment eventually moving to that location.

 


It expects to break ground early next year on a new 9,948-sq-ft jet terminal with a full-service indoor/outdoor restaurant and a green observation rooftop deck. The first phase of construction, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, will include a new fuel farm. A second phase will add 40,000-sq-ft and 24,500-sq-ft hangars, along with 16 acres of ramp and a taxiway connector that will give KMTH more ramp space than Key West International Airport. The projects, representing an investment of $36.5 million, should wrap by mid-2024.

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