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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World Fuel’s Air Elite Network bolstered its international roster with the addition of three new members. Jet Center Curacao, which began operations last month at Hato International Airport on the southern Caribbean Sea island country, is the first dedicated FBO at the entry port that sees approximately 3,300 private aircraft arrivals a year. The facility offers on-site customs and immigration services, catering and conference rooms.

 


Ecuacentair, an Ascent-branded FBO that operates from the two-year-old general aviation building at Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador, provides a range of passenger and crew amenities and ground handling support. Meanwhile, the <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2014-06-07/new-fbo-opens-caribbean">Yu Lounge</a>, operated by Leeward Flight Services at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts, and Nevis, features a luxurious lounge and personal concierge service in addition to fuel and ground handling.

 


The announcement today at the 2015 NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference in San Jose, Calif., brings the number of Air Elite FBOs to 37. The network was established in late 2011 and each FBO must meet a number of airport, facility and service quality standards to qualify for membership.

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