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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ExecuJet’s FBO at Auckland Airport (NZAA) in New Zealand is now the first in the country to achieve IS-BAH registration. The facility earned Stage I status in the voluntary safety management system-based program following a successful audit.
<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2014-05-22/ibac-unveils-best-practices-fbos-ground-handlers">Introduced</a> in 2014, IS-BAH is a globally recognized safety standard specifically for FBOs, developed by the International Business Aviation Council in partnership with the National Air Transportation Association. The standard focuses on risk management, safety culture, and the ongoing development of operational best practices, and the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2015-03-24/first-certifications-bah-gains-momentum">first</a> service providers achieved Stage I registration a year later.
The Auckland accreditation comes as ExecuJet continues to strengthen its FBO presence across Asia-Pacific. Its Sydney and Melbourne locations achieved IS-BAH Stage III accreditation—the top tier in the program—in <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2022-10-10/execujets-two-australia-fbos-join-bah-stage-3-club">2022</a>. Earlier this year, ExecuJet was also appointed sole FBO operator at Sydney International Airport.
“Achieving IS-BAH Stage I accreditation in Auckland as the first FBO in New Zealand to do so is a recognition of the standards we apply across ExecuJet,” said Patrick Hansen, CEO of parent company Luxaviation Group. “Safety remains fundamental to how we operate, and standards such as IS-BAH are key to maintaining consistency across our global FBO network.”

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