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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A travel ban <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/from-other-countries.html">issued by the Biden Administration </a>barring entry for non-U.S. travelers who have been in the UK, Ireland, the EU’s Schengen Area, Brazil, China, or Iran within 14 days of their intended arrival was instituted this week in an attempt to limit the spread of more virulent strains of the Covid-19 virus. A similar ban will be imposed on South Africa-situated travelers starting this Saturday. According to IBAC, crew travel in support of operations remains exempt, but the organization recommends coordinating with airlines for the movement of crews around the globe.

 


An <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/21/executive-order-promoting-covid-19-safety-in-domestic-and-international-travel/">executive order signed by President Biden</a> last week echoes the latest <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html?mc_cid=fc244cc857&amp;mc_eid=72b1851c3f#:~:text=On%20January%2012%2C%202021%2C%20CDC,airline%20before%20boarding%20the%20flight.">U.S. CDC guidelines</a>, requiring all air passengers to produce proof of a recent negative Covid-19 test prior to entry to the U.S. NATA reports that the Administration confirmed that Covid testing waivers would not be granted for countries with limited testing capacity and that previously submitted testing waivers would not be accepted.

 


Private aircraft operators transporting people to the U.S. who have or are suspected of having <a href="https://www.bjtonline.com/business-jet-news/covid-19-and-business-aviation" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> or who were in close contact with an infected person must notify the CDC in advance of arrival, and preferably no less than 24 hours before the flight, according to the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA).

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