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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German MRO provider Aero-Dienst was named Bombardier’s top authorized service facility (ASF) in the worldwide and Europe categories once again, having earned that distinction last year for the first time. The airframer introduced the award in 2011, honoring its ASFs for exceptional quality, performance and outstanding service, and Aero-Dienst was once more singled out among the 33-member global Bombardier Aircraft service network.

 


“This success is a great incentive for continued excellent performance in customer service and workmanship,” noted Viktor Peters, managing director of the Nuremberg-based maintenance company. “Achieving temporary success is one thing, but being able to consistently attain the top position among your competitors is a special achievement.”

 


With an eye toward the 2017 awards, he added the company will strive to carry out maintenance, repair and overhaul services for its Global, Challenger and Learjet customers at the highest level over the coming year.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

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