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

SEA Prime, which operates the business aviation infrastructure at Milan Linate and Malpensa airports, noted strong growth in activity for the first half of the year. The company reported 17,000 movements in the first six months, equating to a 3% improvement over the same period last year. The positive trend highlight’s Italy’s position as third largest business aviation market in Europe.
The second half of 2025 was boosted by the city’s annual Fashion Week in September, a period in which Milan’s airports handled more than 1,000 business aircraft movements.
“We are very proud of the results achieved so far and continue to look forward to future developments with enthusiasm, particularly to the expansion of the Linate Prime Terminal with 2,400 sq m dedicated to new lounges for welcoming passengers and crews,” said company CEO Chiara Dorigotti. “[That] will prepare us for the major events of 2026, including the much-awaited Winter Olympics.”

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