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

Italian FBO operator SEA Prime, which manages the business and general aviation infrastructure at Milan Linate and Malpensa Airports, has selected this week's NBAA Schedulers &amp; Dispatchers Conference as the venue to unveil renderings of the new lounges at its Milano Malpensa Prime FBO that is set to open in June.

 


The company established its business aviation presence at Malpensa in 2017&nbsp;when it completed renovation on a 53,000-sq-ft former commercial hangar, and in October it broke ground on the airport’s first FBO. According to SEA Prime general manager Chiara Dorigotti, Milan Malpensa Prime will be a 15,000-sq-ft&nbsp;facility located between the airport’s terminals. Currently, private aviation passengers have to be processed through Terminal 2. Overall, the $4.65 million project will include a modern terminal, new ramp,&nbsp;and car park.

 


“The opening of the new Milano Malpensa Prime terminal is a great opportunity, not only for our business&nbsp;but also for the entire territory where it is located,” said Dorigotti. “Together with Milano Linate Prime, at just seven kilometers from the city center, it will provide a second access route to the heart of Northern Italy and Europe with premium services offered directly or with our partners.”

 


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