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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Parts manufacturer for legacy aircraft and MRO provider Ontic will expand its operations into Florida with the opening of a new facility early next year. The Miramar location—the company’s eighth worldwide—will be a dedicated MRO center of excellence focused on supporting customers of the company's manufactured parts and systems.
With the opening of the site, Ontic will transfer its North Carolina MRO operations to Florida to allow the expansion of its manufacturing capabilities at the former location.
“Opening this eighth Ontic site is another exciting milestone in our growth,” said Jack Karapetyan, v-p of the company’s global MRO operations. “Florida was the natural choice for our expansion as it is already an MRO hub with ample skilled labor and a business-friendly environment, which also acts as a gateway to South American markets.”
The former <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-02-07/bba-aviation-rebrands-signature-aviation">BBA Aviation subsidiary</a> is not planning any staff reductions due to the relocation. It will offer its maintenance workers in North Carolina the opportunity to move to the Florida facility or transition into manufacturing roles at their current site. Ontic plans to announce more MRO centers of excellence in Europe and Asia next year.

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