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

Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Taps KGB Aviation Solutions for Data Downloads

The company's DART unit will speed data availability
KGB Aviation Solution's DART data download unit
Charter & Fractional

Tradewind Aviation Establishes Southeast U.S. Base

Florida facility allows air charter firm to expand service in region
Tradewind PC-12 on approach into St. Barths
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Unveils New Digs in Cleveland

Opens $50 million facility at Cuyahoga County Airport
Flexjet's new headquarters and control center at KCGF
Maintenance and Modifications

King Aerospace's Arkansas Facility Receives First BBJ Maintenance Job

The BBJ will fly more than 7,000 miles to Bentonville
King Aerospace's new facility at Northwest Arkansas National Airport
Airports

Pending Repairs, KTEB's Runway 24 Temporarily Shortened

Due to EMAS damage, the airport has closed more than 1,000 feet of tarmac
Teterboro Airport aerial view
Charter & Fractional

TAG Relocates In Geneva

The move gives the aviation services provider two offices in the city
TAG Aviation's Geneva Airport facility
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety To Expand Pilatus PC-24 Training in Europe

Second Pilatus jet sim in Paris to come online next year
Flightsafety full fligth simulator
FBOs

Jet Aviation Adds Large Hangar at Bozeman

FBO now has more than 300,000 sq ft of hangar space
Jet Aviation's new hangar at KBZN
Charter & Fractional

Caribbean Caravan Operators Consolidate

Makers Air expands flight services in the Bahamas
View of the azure Caribbean from a Makers air Grand Caravan
FBOs

Signature Opens Revamped KBED Terminal

New facility offers more space and other improvements
Interior of Signature Aviation's new terminal at KBED
Aircraft

Bringing Lear 003 Back To Flight

Lear Jet preservation group vying to restore first-delivered Learjet
Lear 23-003, N2007, at delivery (Photo: Classic Learjet Foundation)
FBOs

Full Service Winnipeg FBO Is Home to the Jets

Fast Air is a favorite of the hometown Winnipeg Jets
Fast Air FBO at CYWG
Environment

Italian Charter Broker Offers Carbon-offset Program

Volunteered costs will go to environmental programs
Contrails
Airports

Hurricane Idalia Snarls Florida Aviation Traffic

With thousands facing power outages, Florida's airports clean up and resume operations
Hurricane Idalia approches Naples Airport
Aircraft

Deliveries, Billings Up in All GA Segments for 1H2023

GA delivery numbers show strong industry resiliency
Cirrus Vision Jet single-engine airplane
FBOs

New York-area FBO Set To Expand

Republic Jet Center at Long Island's Republic Airport is building a $28 million FBO
Artist rendering of the new flagship facility for the Republic Jet Center at KFRG
Environment

Two Industry Groups Join Forces To Promote e-SAF

The two groups will work together on boosting eFuel acceptance and production
E-SAF production apparatus
FBOs

New Mexico FBO Completes New Terminal

Facility took 10 months to build
The lobby in the new Jet Center at Santa Fe terminal
Aircraft

Daher Delivers Lifesaving AEDs in Idaho

Kodiaks deliver AEDs to remote airfields
Daher Kodiak on approach to unpaved airfield.
Safety

FAA Disburses $121M for Runway Safety Improvements

Funds will be used to reduce runway incursions
Boston Logan Airport with city in the background
Airports

California FBOs Weather Tropical Storm Hilary

Though floods wreaked havoc on ground transportation, airports in the region remained operational
Palm Springs Airport sign askew
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Global Jet Capital Sees Bizjet Market Stabilization

Aircraft financier sees bizjet market settling down
jet on FBO ramp
Safety

FAA Circular Revisits Aircraft Towing Safety

Spurred by several recent near-mishaps, this is the first revision to the document in nearly 15 years.
private jet being towed at airport
FBOs

Texas Airport Seeks New FBO

San Antonio issues RFP for Kelly Field
Kelly Field FBO Diagram
Cabin Interior and Electronics

SmartSky Networks Adds Pennsylvania Installation Partner

Brunswick Aviation joins SmartSky sales network
SmartSky equipped interior
Aircraft

WingX: Global Business Jet Activity Down Slightly from 2022

Data shows August Ops decreasing by 4 percent
business jets on ramp
FBOs

Pennsylvania Airport To Buy Two FBOs and Consolidate Them

Reading's airport is entering FBO operator arena
Reading Jet Center at Reading Regional Airport
Environment

Google Joins Shell, Amex Business Travel SAF Program

The program is aimed at increasing SAF adoption
A Shell Aviation fuel tanker is pictured next to an airplane
FBOs

Air Elite Network Adds Chicago-area FBO

B. Coleman Aviation joins roster of 83 locations
The B. Coleman Aviation FBO at Gary/Chicago International Airport
Aircraft

Restoration Group Completes Purchase of Learjet 23-003

The purchase paves way for restoration
The fuselage of Learjet 23-003 on a dolly