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

Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Aviation Celebrates Chattanooga Expansion

The MRO provider has added more than 100,000 sq ft of space, including a state-of-the-art paint shop to its Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport location.
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Airports

GYY Books Out New Hangar Project

The Chicagoland airport has secured aircraft repo specialist Sage-Popovich as a tenant for at least the next decade.
Safety

Early IS-BAO Participants Reach Milestones

The SMS-based voluntary program, launched in 2002, is now seeing its first 15-year participants.
FBOs

APP Properties Adds Hangar Space on Both U.S. Coasts

The FBO operator and aviation real estate firm acquired 95,000 sq ft of hangars at California's Hayward Executive and Virginia's Manassas Regional Airports
FBOs

Singapore Prepares Switch to New GA Terminal at Seletar

After midnight on Sunday, the new Seletar Business Aviation Centre, will be operational.
FBOs

St. Maarten Airport To Expand Genav Terminal

Faced with major reconstruction on its commercial terminal, Princess Juliana International Airport scraps plans for a new GAT.
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GAMA: 3Q Deliveries Up, but Billings Decreased

It was good news across the board in terms of aircraft deliveries in the third quarter of the year, but the mix represents fewer expensive aircraft.
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Avionics

DC Aviation Becomes Rockwell Collins Authorized Dealer

The move gives Germany's largest aviation services provider access to Rockwell Collins' full line up of cabin and avionics solutions.
Maintenance and Modifications

Aerotex Earns STCs for Bell Cabin Interior Kit

The wall blanket provides thermal insulation and sound reduction at a fraction of the weight of the standard cabin plastics.
FBOs

Louisiana FBO Is Newest Avfuel Dealer

Tubreaux Aviation Services, based at Shreveport Downtown Airport now offers Avfuel contract fuel and Avtrip points.
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FBOs

Seattle-area FBO Introduces New Facility

Tacoma Narrows Aviation has added a new terminal and additional hangar to its complex at TIW.
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FBOs

Signature Unveils New Nashville FBO

The $15 million facility in Music City is the result of a new 30-year lease with the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority.
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Safety

Wyvern Relocates and Expands Product Scope

Now located in Bedford, Massachusetts, the aviation audit company has increased its staff and extended its programs to new clients.
FBOs

Canadian FBO Acquires Competitor

Saskatchewan-based Kreos Aviation has purchased the Shell AeroCentres at Saskatoon and Regina.
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Report: China To Reach 20,000 GA Aircraft by 2035

According to a whilte paper by by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, big transformations are in store for the country's general aviation industry

European Bizav Logs October Increase

The more than 77,000 departures from European airports represents a five percent rise year over year, led by small and midsize jets.
FBOs

California FBO Receives New NATA Award

Sonoma Jet Center is the first recipent of the organization's "Above and Beyond FBO" award, for its community efforts following last year's wildfires.
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Expands Recently Added Miami Location

The 30,000-sq-ft addition will make the location one of the world's largest aviation combustor overhaul providers.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Hartzell Propeller Names New China Service Provider

Wuhan Hangda Aero & Technology Development Co. was designated as the airscrew maker's third in the country.
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FBOs

Dallas-area FBO Introduces No-haggle Fuel Pricing

Million Air Dallas will now advertise its fuel price in an effort to eliminate haggling and introduce transparency.
FBOs

Signature Acquires Virgin Islands Bases

The world's largest aviation service provider has struck a deal to buy the St. Thomas Jet Center and its Alliance Aviation affiliate.
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FBOs

Utah Airport Issues RFP for Second FBO

Looking to introduce competition and improve services for light GA customers, ski-destination Heber City is casting for an additional service provider.
FBOs

Alphabet Groups Issue FBO Pricing Declaration

The document, signed by NBAA, GAMA, HAI, EAA, AOPA, and NATA, names pricing transparency as an FBO industry best practice.
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Airports

Pennsylvania Airport Starts Major Genav Hangar Project

54,000 sq ft Hangar 11 is expected to debut at Lehigh Valley International Airport next summer.
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FBOs

Chicagoland FBO Adds New Hangar

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services has built a new hangar at its Chicago Execuitve Airport location, which will double its aircraft storage space.
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Environment

Charity Seeks Aircraft Operators for Turtle Transport

With the arrival of cold weather in New England, Turtles Fly Too is looking for help moving the endangered sea creatures to southern rehab centers.
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Charter & Fractional

Global Bizav Company Establishes U.S. Headquarters

India-based Titan Aviation looks to make inroads into the U.S. charter market.
FBOs

Second FBO Coming To Wichita Airport

Local Aviation Services provider Clemens Aviation will soon break ground on a new $9 million complex at Colonel James Jabara Airport.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Atlantic Aviation SLC

As Salt Lake City International Airport undergoes a massive renovation project, Atlantic has upped the ante with a brand new FBO at the ski country gateway
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FBOs

French FBO Chain Launches Branded Affiliate Program

Sky Valet, which operates at 22 locations throughout France, Spain and Portugal, has now extended its brand to Italy and Bulgaria.