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.

Business Aviation Services Editor

Curt Epstein

Aircraft charter, management, and brokerage provider SkyShare has been selected to take over the former municipally-operated FBO at Utah’s South Valley Regional Airport (KSVR). An international airport located near Salt Lake City, KSVR is a general aviation reliever with a 5,862-foot runway. It features a 6,000-sq-ft, two-story terminal with showers, passenger lobby with refreshment bar, pilot lounge, and crew car.
Starting in May, SkyShare will begin a full remodel of the building. The project will add a new pilot lounge, 12-seat conference room, and a business center.
The Titan Aviation Fuels-branded complex also includes an adjoining 10,000-sq-ft hangar, as well as a 15,000-sq-ft hangar, both of which can accommodate up to super-midsize jets. The company plans to address the hangar shortage on the field by adding a second 15,000 sq ft hangar, in addition to 50 T-hangars.
“South Valley isn’t just another airport to me,” said SkyShare founder and CEO Cory Bengtzen. “It’s where I learned to fly and earned my private pilot certificate more than 20 years ago. It’s where I kept my first airplane. Being part of its future is incredibly meaningful.”

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