Curt Epstein
Senior 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.

Curt Epstein

Latest from Curt Epstein

FBOs

FBO Group Million Air Marches to Its Own Beat

Focus is on quality, customer experience, and amenities
Roger Woolsey and his employee offspring Chase and Allison
FBOs

Pentastar Aviation FBO Approaching Diamond Anniversary

Edsel Ford opens up on what's worked, and what has not in Pentastar's business plan
The lobby of Pentastar Aviation
Charter & Fractional

Jet Linx Debuts Omaha Flagship Base

The new facility represents a major upgrade from the company's first private terminal
Jet Linx ribbon cutting Omaha (Photo: Jet Linx)
FBOs

Paragon Aviation Group Accepts UK FBO

The addition gives the group of upscale FBOs a footprint in Northern England
passenger lounge at ExecuJet Samson Executive Jet Center at ENGT
Airports

UK's Farnborough Airport To Go Solar

The solar energy array will account for 25 percent of the airport's power needs
Farnborough Airport
FBOs

X-1FBO's Enhancements Boost Fueling Capabilities

System uses cloud-based communcations to collect and retrieve data
Fuel trucks lined up at the Republic Jet Center at KFRG
Environment

Sustainability To Take Center Stage at NBAA-BACE 2023

The show's annual Sustainability Summit will feature expert discussions on a wide range of subjects
NBAA-BACE Newsmakers lunch panel
FBOs

Air Culinaire Expands Miami Catering Facility

The $1 million project more than doubled the facility's usable space
Air Culinaire's Miami catering kitchen
FBOs

Second FBO Coming to Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport

The FBO's operators expect to break ground in the first quarter of 2024
artist rendering shows the soon-to-be-built "The Hangars at BKV" complex
FBOs

Republic Jet Center Looks to the Future at KFRG

The FBO has grown significantly since its founding in 2014
Republic Jet Center's community hangar at KFRG
Safety

Baldwin Adds Geolocation to Bizav Safety Reports

The feature allows pinpointing locations of safety-related events
Baldwin Safety & Compliance's new mapping feature
Aircraft

Amstat Sees Used Business Aircraft Sales Rates Slow as Inventory Ticks Up

The amount of aircraft available is still below the average over the past decade
aircraft in a static display
Environment

Azzera's Celeste Emissions Reporting Platform To Go Live

The platform calculates, monitors, and reports aircraft emissions data
screen shot showing Azzera's Celeste functionallity
Environment

Three Las Vegas Airports To Carry SAF for NBAA-BACE

North Las Vegas Airport will join Henderson and Harry Reid International in providing SAF this year
Static display at NBAA-BACE
Charter & Fractional

GlobeAir Breaks Ground on Austrian Operations Base

New eco-friendly facility will enhance the company's maintenance capabilities
artist rendering of new GlobeAir hangar at Linz Airport
FBOs

Heritage Aviation Joins the Avfuel Family

The employee-owned facilty has been raising the bar on sustainability since 2010
Heritage Aviation's FBO at Burlington International Airport
Aircraft

Event To Benefit First-delivered Lear Jet Restoration

The event will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first Lear Jet Flight
The wingless Lear 23-003 sitting behind a podium
FBOs

Clay Lacy Sells Out First Hangar at KOXC Development

While the 40,000-sq-ft hangar is fully booked, two more are to follow
Hangar under construction at KOXC
Environment

Jet.AI Debuts New Carbon Emissions Offset Platform

The aircraft operator and software firm is getting into the carbon removal credit business
Jet.AI's DynoFlight platform interface
Fuel

Many Projects Give Promise of More SAF

Volume of SAF produced to see major increase over several years
Montana Renewables refinery in Great Falls, Montana
Training and Workforce

Thousands Pack Sheltair FBOs for Girls in Aviation Day

More than 3,000 attended, twice as many as last year
Posing for photo at Girls in Aviation Day
FBOs

Refurbished GAT at Berlin Brandenburg Airport Reopens

A holdover from the former Schönefeld Airport, the terminal underwent a five-month reconstruction
Refurbished GAT at Berlin Brandenburg Airport
FBOs

Fontainebleau Aviation To Wrap New Hangar Expansion

The project will add another 40,000 sq ft of high-end hangar space at KOPF
Airports

Indiana Airport Completes Major Runway Expansion

Officials expect the project will attract more business jets and charter activity
DeKalb County Airport's newly-lengthened runway
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Sends Praetor 600 On North American Tour

The super-midsize jet is now available in Flexjet's North American fleet
Embraer Praetor 600
Training and Workforce

North Dakota Airport To Host Scholarship Fundraiser

The 7th Annual Props & Hops will take place on October 5.
Props & Hops event at Mandan Regional Airport in North Dakota
Safety

TBM Owners and Pilots Convention Breaks Records

Hundreds of attendees and TBM aircraft flocked to Colorado
TBMs lined up on ramp
Safety

Hangar Rash Prevention System Heading to Beta Test

Fyve By Is looking to recruit hangar keepers to test the new system.
Fyve By's test hangar for its Sky View system
Training and Workforce

FBO Group Cutter Aviation Honors Scholarship Winners

Named for the former company patriarch, 10 outstanding aviation students were awarded.
2023 Bill Cutter Memorial Scholarship Winners
Airports

UK's Southampton Airport Lengthens Runway

The construction project added more than 500 feet of runway length
WWII-vintage Spitfire parked on newly-lengthened Southampton Airport runway with (left to right) operational director Steve Szalay, UK aviation minister Baroness Vere, and local Member of Parliament Paul Holmes.