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.

Business Aviation Services Editor

Curt Epstein

Runway 9/27 at Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS) closed today for the start of the first of two 75-day safety construction project phases.&nbsp;The $110 million project, which will be largely funded by the FAA, will install an engineered material arresting system (EMAS) at the end of Runway 27, which abuts Boston Harbor.
“EMAS is a vital safety system at Boston Logan and other airports located near water or ground elevation changes,” said Massport, which operates the airport.&nbsp;Constructed of a lightweight, collapsible material, it is intended to stop an airplane that has overshot the runway. In place at airports around the world, EMAS has prevented scores of serious accidents.
The project at KBOS will construct a pile-supported deck over the harbor to extend the runway safety area to a length of 650 feet from the runway’s end, along with emergency access ramps on either side of the deck. Massport noted that this is a required FAA safety project that does not extend the runway or change its operational capacity. Following a second 75-day closure in third-quarter 2026, Runway 27 will be the third at KBOS to be equipped with EMAS, joining Runways 22R and 33L.
Massport noted that during the closure periods, there will be an impact on the number of airplanes that can land and take off at KBOS, which could cause possible delays or diversions.

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