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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With the FIFA World Cup tournament set to kick off next month across North America, NBAA’s traffic desk is <a href="https://nbaa.org/aircraft-operations/airspace/regional/fifa-world-cup-2026/">providing advice</a> for operators intending to visit any of the 16 host cities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.&nbsp;Much as it does for similar high-profile sporting events such as the Super Bowl, the organization suggests that aircraft operators obtain parking reservations with their preferred FBO as early as possible.
NBAA also said to expect traffic flow measures to be initiated, particularly as the tournament reaches its final rounds.&nbsp;That airspace management could include ground stops, airspace flow programs, time-based metering, miles-in-trail restrictions, and airborne holding.
Operators should anticipate game-day TFRs in a roughly 6-nm diameter centered on the venues, extending from the surface to 3,000 feet, lasting from an hour before the contest to an hour afterwards.
With events taking place in 11 cities in the U.S., three in Mexico, and two in Canada, there will be variations by region and likely by country, and operators are advised to keep track of notams as they are published.
NBAA noted that passengers should be provided with screening, identity verification, and other security program information well in advance of the flight, and all onboard should have valid passports, Real IDs, or other accepted forms of identification ready for inspection.
The tournament starts on June 11, with the first contest pitting host Mexico against South Africa in Mexico City.
For the quarterfinals, starting on July 9, matches will be held in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, and Kansas City, with the two semifinal games less than a week later in Dallas and Atlanta. The tournament championship will be decided on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

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