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.

  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

As coronavirus empties the sky of passenger planes, air cargo marches on

With passenger airlines grounded, air cargo operators are carrying a heavy load.
  • Supply Chain
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

The financial crisis brewing in the supply chain underneath the world’s airlines

“I don’t think anyone has processed the shockwave that is about to go through."
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 12 Min Read

Coronavirus pushes U.S. airlines to the brink of some form of shutdown

Whether by government intervention, market forces or labor action, the aviation industry in the U.S. is...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: European travel ban’s fine print, Boeing shock, coronavirus and Italian aerospace

Issue No. 24
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 8 Min Read

A jittery industry begins to question if business travel will rebound after coronavirus

And so, an industry ponders, what is on the other side of the COVID-19 crisis?
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Coronavirus is seizing the engine of global commercial aviation

“It’s just like 9/11, just that you can still fly."
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: Coronavirus may nix U.S.-Korea flying, Bombardier’s exit, A220-500 on the wind

Issue No. 23
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Decade-old Boeing concept may get new life in dogfight with A321XLR

Boeing's New Light Twin is very likely to get a fresh look as Boeing re-focuses for a head-on fight with...
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

FAA Administrator outlines final gantlet to return 737 Max to service

In Singapore, Steve Dickson mapped out what's left for Boeing to do.
  • Product Announcements
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

The Air Current expands with new analysis, new director

Courtney Miller joins as Managing Director of Analysis
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