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

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to affect aviation fuel pricing in the U.S., with jet-A averaging $8.39 a gallon last month, up 4.9% from August, according to iFlightPlanner. That hike represented a per-gallon increase of nearly 39 cents.
In the 48 contiguous states, the average was $8.30, a 5.1% increase from August. The U.S. East Coast showed the sharpest rise, with a 57-cent-per-gallon jump to an average of $8.69, equating to a 7% gain.
Avgas pricing surged as well in the U.S. last month, though not as severely, with full service averaging $7.75 a gallon—21 cents higher than the previous month. Meanwhile, self-service 100LL rose by 16 cents a gallon, for a nationwide average of $6.67.
Data was collected by iFlightPlanner from more than 3,000 FBOs and fuel service providers in the U.S. Over the past six months, national aviation fuel prices have remained elevated, with both fuel types reaching new highs last month.

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