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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Air bp, the aviation fueling arm of conglomerate bp, is inviting EBACE showgoers to test their knowledge about sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) this week at its booth, as well as learn about SAF supply and practicalities from its dedicated account team.
The company is also highlighting myairops, its customer account management platform, along with a new online self-serve help center, with “expert office hours” on Tuesday and Wednesday to show guests how to use their features.
With a 600-strong global network, air bp offers a commitment to safety and technical excellence, dedicated account managers to help structure customer offers, and specially tailored support for goals to lower carbon emissions. In 2023, it supplied more than 6.6 billion gallons of aviation fuel, powering more than 6,800 flights a day globally.
Meanwhile, the aviation fuel provider recently led a task force to achieve approval from the UK’s Ministry of Defence for the co-processing of SAF with up to 30% renewable hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids feedstock concentration, up from the current limit of 5%, and a move that will help spur increase in SAF production.
Co-processing allows feedstocks such as vegetable oils and waste fats to be processed along with conventional feedstocks in existing refineries and enables bp and other fuel producers to accelerate SAF production at higher concentrations via existing infrastructure. The approval is the culmination of a three-year process that included input from OEMs, IATA, other fuel producers, and airlines.
“Defence standard approval for co-processing SAF is a significant milestone for the industry, and I’d like to thank our partners for their support and input in achieving this,” said Federica Berra, Air bp’s senior v-p. “Co-processing produces high-quality fuel that meets stringent aviation standards, while helping increase the volume of SAF available to customers.”

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