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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Curt Epstein

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has designated Reina Beatrix International Airport in Oranjestad, Aruba, as the second international authorized pre-clearance location for general aviation aircraft transporting up to 19 passengers and crew. <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2011-09-30/us-eases-customs-and-immigration-pre-clearance-process-shannon">Ireland’s Shannon Airport was the first to receive the approval</a>, in March 2010. While officials in Aruba will conduct pre-clearance inspections for GA aircraft seven days a week between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., requests for such must be received and approved at least 24 hours before departure, and before the close of business the day before arrival. The operator must submit an electronic advance passenger information system manifest at least 60 minutes before the inspection, and all travelers and their luggage must be present during the screening process. The procedure is intended to allow examination of the crew and passenger information, luggage and any agricultural products before the aircraft heads to the U.S.

Reina Beatrix International Airport Gets U.S. Customs Nod

The airport in Oranjestad, Aruba, joins Shannon as a U.S.-authorized Customs pre-clearance location.

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