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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Business aviation activity in Europe saw year-over-year decline in February, according to industry data provider WingX Advance. The Hamburg, Germany-based company noted the 51,075 business aircraft flights represented a 4.4-percent decrease from the same month in 2014, the lowest for the month since 2010 and a 20-percent decline from February 2008, beforethe start of the global economic crisis. “For business jets the European picture is pretty dismal,” said the company, noting a 7-percent decrease in jet activity for the month. It added that the market was partially buoyed by turboprop usage.

 


The continuing instability in Ukraine is a certain contributor to the decrease, with that country and Russia combining for a 1,400 fewer flights year-over-year. WingX Advance said Russia no longer ranks in the top 10 European markets for business-aircraft activity, with flights from that country to the rest of Europe down 34 percent compared with February 2014. Germany also saw decreases, with its monthly tally of business-aviation flights down 750 from the previous year. The decreases are widespread, according to the company, which cited 5 percent fewer flights into Europe from the U.S. and Middle East, while flights from China to the region were down 50 percent for the month.

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