Curt Epstein
Business Aviation Services 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

FBOs

Dassault Buys Ruag's Geneva and Lugano Sites

The move is the latest in the French airframer's push to improve its European maintenance network.
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Accidents

King Air Crash in Texas Claims 10

The King Air 350i crashed into a hangar on take off from Dallas Addison Airport, killing its eight passengers and two crew members.
Aircraft

First Embraer Praetor 600 Enters Service

The Praetor 600, handed over to a European customer, rolled off the hybrid assembly line in Brazil that also produces the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500.
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Aircraft

Gulfstream’s G600 Crosses the Finish Line

The Savannah airframer is now set to begin deliveries of the latest addition to its product line up later this year.
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Airports

PANYNJ Ponders ACY Buy

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is considering adding another airport to its portfolio.
FBOs

Ground Handling Training Moves into the VR Realm

Lithuania-bases Baltic Ground Services Group plans to release a full curriculum of virtual reality training modules by the end of the year.
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Aircraft

Pilatus PC-24 Gets Transport Canada Nod

Pilatus Aircraft has received Transport Canada certification for its PC-24 light jet, said Canadian distributor Levaero Aviation.
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Airports

Orange County Approves GA Restructuring at SNA

The unanimously accepted plan will reduce FBO acreage and put restrictions on where mid and large cabin private jets can park.
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Avionics

Elliott Starts First G5000 Install on Citation Excel

After the issuance of an STC for the upgrade earlier this month, the MRO says it has another 16 Citations lined up to receive the G5000.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell Earns STC on Learjet 40/45 Upgrade

The modification centers on the replacement of obsolete CTR displays with modern DU-875 LCD monitors.
Airports

FDoT: GA Airports Generated $18.5 Billion in 2017

The study from the Florida Department of Transportation showed the state's 129 public airports generated $175 billion in economic impact for the year.
Regulations and Government

FAA Publishes Cirrus Vision Jet AD

The new document reinforces the emergency AD issued in April after several incidents of improper activation of flight protection systems in the light jet.
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Engines

MRO Urges Operators To Mind the (Z) Gap

Dallas Airmotive is reminding HTF7000 operators of the OEM's Service Bullentin AS907-72-9067

Argus Sees Increase in Flight Activity

Boosts in small and midsize fractional activity pushed the segment to a 7.3 percent increase over the previous May.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive Joins Online Marketplace

The company which has 11 facilities worldwide, is the latest to subscribe to MRO Insider.
Aircraft

Bombardier's Global 7500 Makes Paris Air Show Debut

The airframer's new flagship entered service last fall.
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Safety

Jet Linx Pauses Ops for Annual Safety Summit

The company, which operates the third-largest managed aircraft fleet in the U.S., grounded it so the entire company could participate in the event.
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Maintenance and Modifications

ASI Names Mexican Distributor

Mexico City-based Aerospares Services will be ASI's exclusive sales representative south of the border.
Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Aviation Receives Brazilian Mx Nod

The MRO provider's network of maintenance facilities spread across the U.S. now has approval to work on Brazilian-registered aircraft.
Aircraft

Daher Expands Product Range with Quest Buy

The maker of the TBM series of turboprops, will now have a U.S. presence with the acquistion of the Kodiak 100 airframer.
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Aircraft

Gulfstream's G600 To Make Paris Air Show Debut

The new large cabin twinjet could receive its FAA certification during the show.
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FBOs

Aviation Industry Task Group Issues DEF Report

After a series of three recent jet fuel contamination incidents, a consortium led by the aviation alphabet groups has issued recommendations to avoid more.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Expands Mx to California with New ASF

San Luis Obispo-based ACI Jet is now authorized to service Bombardier Globals and Challengers.
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Foundation Looks To Honor Hoover's Legacy

Bob Hoover's legacy foundation is leading the charge to have a stamp issued in time for the late legendary aviator's 100th birthday.
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At HPN Forum, NBAA Chief Urges Industry Outreach

With the current labor shortage, NBAA's president and CEO invited all business aviation industry members to engage in workforce recruitment.
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JetNet Hosts Ninth Annual iQ Summit

The yearly event attracts the industry's top decision makers who share their perceptions about the market and the direction it is going.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Metro Aviation Earns EASA Mx Approval

The Shreveport, Louisiana-based company is an Airbus Helicopter approved service center, specialzing in the EC-135 and 145 models.
FBOs

I.A.M. Jet Centre FBO Landing at St. Lucia Airport

A new 7,000-sq-ft FBO will open at St. Lucia's Hewanorra International Airport by the end of the year.
FBOs

Omni Sees Growth in Portugal

After experiencing strong private aircraft traffic in Portugal over the past year, business aircraft support provider Omni Handling is looking to expand.
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FBOs

Belgian Airport Gets New Private Terminal

North Sea Aviation Center, the new business aviation terminal at Belgium’s Flanders International Airport Ostend-Bruges (EBOS), opened last week.
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