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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The acquisition will expand Harrods's holdings on the field by 130,000 sq ft, including a 33,000-sq-ft hangar that can accommodate aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 757. An adjoining customer terminal features&nbsp;a passenger lounge, on-site security screening, prayer room, crew lounge, trio of snooze rooms, gym, and&nbsp;drivers' lounge. Outside is&nbsp;91,500 sq ft of private ramp parking. This brings Harrods's&nbsp;operational footprint to half a million square feet, including its existing FBO at London Luton Airport.
As the threat of the global pandemic recedes and travel health requirements are dropped, there has been an increase in private jet activity at Stansted, according to the company. Stansted, just northeast of London, offers favorable operating hours and easy road access into the city.

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