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.

  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

New document in 737 Max investigation points to chaos, pressure in MCAS development

November 2016 message exchange between 737 Max technical pilots calls system behavior 'egregious'.
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 23 Min Read

Searching for 40-year old lessons for Boeing in the grounding of the DC-10

An eerily similar crash in Chicago 40-years ago holds lessons for Boeing and the 737 Max that...
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 12 Min Read

Checklists come into focus as pace-setter for 737 Max return

The certification flight to validate the changes to the 737 Max have been pushed into November at the...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: Delta & LATAM, the next trade war, and the coming fall-out

Issue No. 19
  • Technology
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 15 Min Read

Exploring the vast Earth Microsoft has created for Flight Simulator 2020

The Air Current was given the world's first hands-on look at the new 2020 version of Microsoft Flight...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: Boeing finishes MCAS software, Europe’s crumbing airlines, Beijing Daxing & the H-20

Issue No. 18
  • China
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 18 Min Read

The end of Embraer and the beginning of Boeing Brasil Commercial

Left unsaid in marking the delivery of Embraer's E195-E2 to Azul was that the Brazilian plane maker was...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: Multimodal Moxy, the Saudi oil spike, Mitsubishi and Montreal

Issue No. 17
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

Neeleman plans jump on Moxy with outgoing Azul E-Jets

Moxy wants a jump on its own effort. Also, Neeleman reveals plans for a longer-range A220.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 16 Min Read

Newcomers De Havilland and Mitsubishi find themselves dwarfed by their suppliers

The long-term success of the regional aviation newcomers may hinge on their ability to convince their...
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