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

BlueSky San Juan, a $54 million FBO project, has broken ground at Puerto Rico’s San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (TJSJ). Spearheaded by industry veteran José Maldonado—who previously built the Pazos FBO at TJSJ, which was later <a href="https://backend.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2019-02-20/jet-aviation-completes-san-juan-fbo-purchase">sold</a> to Jet Aviation—the complex represents the largest business aviation development on the island in more than a decade.
The facility—scheduled for completion in third-quarter 2028 as the third service provider on the field—will feature an 8,000-sq-ft terminal, with executive and pilot lounges, conference and flight-planning rooms, and concierge services. An onsite U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection facility will allow international arrivals to clear U.S. customs directly at TJSJ before continuing to the U.S. mainland.
Also included will be a trio of 20,000-sq-ft hangars with 30-foot-high doors, capable of sheltering the latest ultra-long-range business jets, and enough privately financed ramp to accommodate the largest commercial passenger aircraft.
Located off Runway 10, the FBO will allow aircraft to taxi directly to it within seconds of landing, minimizing ground movement and facilitating quick turns.
“Business aviation continues to evolve, and Puerto Rico needs infrastructure that supports the next generation of international operators,” said Maldonado, BlueSky San Juan’s senior partner. He added that the facility has been designed “to deliver an elite experience while reinforcing Puerto Rico’s strategic role as the Caribbean gateway to the U.S. mainland.”

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