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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Montreal Metropolitan Airport (CYHU; formerly Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport) will be receiving its fifth on-field FBO after Quebec-based JB Aviation Services announced it will invest C$55 million to build an aircraft ground service facility there.
The company—which specializes in aviation logistics including charter brokerage, fueling arrangements, and aircraft management—expects to break ground in September on an 11.5-acre leasehold. When completed in third-quarter 2025, the complex will include a luxurious 41,000-sq-ft two-story terminal and 100,000 sq ft of hangar space that can house ultra-long-range business jets.
With the facility, JB Aviation looks to enhance the passenger experience by offering customers smaller, more fuel-efficient, and quieter business aircraft through its flight shuttle logistics management services.
“We are pleased they have chosen [CYHU] to launch what will be one of the most prestigious business aviation services in Canada,” said airport president and CEO Yanic Roy. “For the [airport], business aviation is a strategic niche as it represents great economic development potential for the region while having no impact on the tranquility of the surrounding communities.”

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