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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U.S. aviation services provider Sheltair is on hand here at MEBAA to promote its network of FBOs located in the eastern part of the country. Exhibiting along with its fuel provider Avfuel and 121 Inflight Catering (Stand 455), visitors can speak with company representatives about the FBO chain’s crown jewel at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Sheltair has been the sole business aviation services provider at JFK for the past four years.

 


“Within our network of 17 FBOs, Sheltair JFK frequently serves as the gateway for our international travelers,” said Karen Kroppel, the company’s director of sales and marketing. “From there, they travel on to our other prime locations such as Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Savannah, Georgia.” Sheltair also has an FBO at Orlando Executive Airport, where this year’s NBAA static display was based in early November.

 


The JFK location offers an array of first class services and amenities, including 24-hour customs clearance on the ramp with no prior notification, support for diplomatic logistics and missions, on-site security screening and, recently added, planeside duty-free delivery.

 


At the stand, MEBAA show attendees can also learn information about any of the company’s locations including Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, which is home to Gulfstream Aircraft’s manufacturing facility, popular destination in its own right for travelers to and from the Middle East and Asia. Sheltair, one of two service providers there, is currently completing a new hangar project at its FBO to accommodate the bustling Gulfstream traffic.

 


“The Sheltair network is involved in numerous projects at the moment,” noted Kroppel. We’re excited to spread the word and find high value in connecting with customers face-to-race to convey our message. That’s what makes MEBAA so important for us, [it’s] an opportunity to educate operators about our 17 locations as one-stop-shops for fuel, FBO services, catering, flight following and more.”

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