The Air Current

Jon Ostrower is Editor-in-chief of The Air Current. Prior to launching TAC in June 2018, Ostrower served as Aviation Editor for CNN Worldwide, guiding the network's global coverage of the business and operations of flying. Ostrower joined CNN in 2016 following four and half years at the Wall Street Journal. Based first in Chicago and then in Washington, D.C. he covered Boeing, aviation safety and the business of global aerospace. Before that, Ostrower was editor of the award-winning FlightBlogger for Flightglobal and Flight International Magazine covering the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other new aircraft programs from 2007 to 2012. Ostrower, a Boston native, graduated from The George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs with a bachelor's degree in Political Communication. He is based in Seattle.

  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

Three Points: Composite wing R&D, e-taxi trials, United’s longer-legged 787s

Issue No. 33
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Scarce quality data on 787 skins as FAA peels back onion on Boeing

Fresh quality disclosures bedevil Boeing as FAA investigates. Dreamliner's carbon fiber skin smoothness,...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: Pilotless Caravans, a new USAF strategy, COVID era’s top 10 airlines

Issue No. 32
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Boeing yanks eight 787s from service over structural issue

Two manufacturing issues compromised an area of the structure in the rear of the 787 that is unable to...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Three Points: Qatar gives Delta a hand, supersonic squishiness, 737 Max miscellany

Issue No. 31
  • Aircraft Production
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 16 Min Read

Boeing’s long and inevitable road to South Carolina

Boeing has a 30-year vision for North Charleston. Consolidating the 787 Dreamliner program to South...
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 17 Min Read

Colliding interests will force engine makers into a new business model

What’s good for Airbus and Boeing isn’t necessarily good for General Electric, Rolls-Royce and Pratt &...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Three Points: Non-Farnborough, predicting traffic, BA sunsets 747

Issue No. 30
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Coronavirus shreds the engine maker business model

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a structural flaw in the engine business.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 12 Min Read

Three Points: 737 Max recertification trials, Comac’s ARJ21 hat trick, Airbus autonomous landings

Issue No. 29
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