Curt Epstein
Senior Editor

A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined AIN in 2007, Curt came to the publication 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 AIN sister publication 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  Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.

Before joining AIN, Curt worked with 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.

Latest from Curt Epstein

Jet Aviation offers new flight departments help

With most OEMs reporting that first-time new jet buyers account for between one-fifth and more than one-third of their current sales, private aviation serv
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Mustang Damaged After Ramp Roll

Cessna Citation 510, Upland, Calif., Sept.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - King Air Crashed On Final Approach

Hawker Beechcraft A100, Kirby Lake, Alberta, Canada, Oct.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Gear Collapse Shuts Down Uk Airport

Cessna Citation 750, Doncaster, UK, Dec.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Citation Battered By Weather

Cessna Citation 560, Essendon, Australia, Oct.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Two Twinjets Experience Runway Overruns

Bombardier Learjet 25B, Portland, Ore., Nov.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Citation Lands With Frozen Rudder

Cessna Citation 560XL, Toledo, Ohio, Dec.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Pakistani Charter Flight Claims 21 Lives

Hawker Beechcraft 1900, Karachi, Pakistan, Nov.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - UK Organ Flight Ends In Crash

Cessna Citation 501, West Midlands, UK, Nov.

UBS: No Bizjet Improvement, but Interest Increases

In its latest monthly business jet report, released last week, investment research firm UBS saw a slight increase in the overall used aircraft inventory in

Swiss center completing VIP Boeing 777 for Jeddah av firm

Bizjetliner completions specialist AMAC Aerospace has begun work on its first widebody VIP conversion.
Charter & Fractional

Ocean Sky opens office in Dubai

UK-based private aviation services provider Ocean Sky (Booth No.

Mideast Bizjets Run on More Than Oil

The strength of the Middle Eastern business jet market is no longer based solely on oil production, according to industry analyst Brian Foley.
Accidents

Accidents: Final Report - CONTROLLER ERROR CONSIDERED IN FATAL ACCIDENT

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B100, Benavides, Texas, Oct.
Accidents

Accidents: Final Report - MAINTENANCE CONFUSION LEADS TO KING AIR CRASH

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Greer, S.C., Nov.
Accidents

Accidents: Factual Report - BIRD STRIKE EYED IN FATAL SIKORSKY CRASH

Sikorsky S-76C++, Morgan City, La., Jan.
Accidents

Accidents: Final Report - PILOT ERROR, WEATHER DOWNED HELICOPTER

Bell 206-L4, Sabine Pass, Texas, Dec.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Reports - CITATION SLIDES INTO SOUND ON LANDING

Cessna Citation 550, Manteo, N.C., Oct.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - DORNIER CRASH CLAIMS 14 LIVES

Dornier Do-228-101, Shikharpur, Nepal, Aug.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminiary Report - TWINJET VANISHES SOON AFTER TAKEOFF

Cessna Citation 501, Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, Oct.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - PREMIER OVERRUNS RUNWAY

Hawker Beechcraft Premier I, Carthage, N.C., Sept.
Safety

NTSB Takes Stronger Stance on Helicopter Windshields

In its final report on last year’s fatal crash of a Sikorsky S-76++ in Louisiana, the NTSB call
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aviation Finance 2010

see Aviation Finance 2010.pdf.

Turbine deliveries slide further in 3Q

Year-over-year airplane deliveries declined again in the third quarter, but revenue at the manufacturers took a much smaller dip.

Sky Hope To Support Bizav Relief Efforts

Sky Hope Network has been formed by five industry professionals to offer business aviation ­support in emergencies.
Accidents

Business Aviation Safety Remains Nearly Level

The total number of U.S.