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
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: U.S.-China tariff fight, 737 Max at two months, WestJet, Onex (& Delta?)

Issue No. 2
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 13 Min Read

Mitsubishi faces a rising monopoly as the sun sets on Bombardier

Mitsubishi is quietly, but very actively, changing course with its MRJ70.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 7 Min Read

Three Points: Monday for Max, divesting Belfast, Aeroflot’s evacuation disaster

Issue Vol. 1
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 16 Min Read

Japan and Mitsubishi find their path together for MRJ certification

It was once a case of the "blind leading the blind."
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

737 Max grounding tests Southwest’s relationship with Boeing

Southwest kicks the tires on the Airbus A220 in Europe.
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Understanding the formula behind how Delta buys airplanes

Delta's approach blurs the line between a traditional provider of air transport and its broader industry...
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

JetBlue doesn’t think flying to London is all that radical

“This is not going to be a logically fought, rationally fought battle."
  • Aircraft Production
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

Boeing throttles back on 737 output as suppliers were speeding up

In 59 days, Boeing’s production freight train was set to accelerate. Instead, with the 737 Max grounded...
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 13 Min Read

Vestigial design issue clouds 737 Max crash investigations

A 53-year old idiosyncrasy in the 737's design is expected to become a focus of the inquests.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

737 Max grounding threatens to unravel the aviation certification world order

Eschewing any divergence, the FAA plans multilateral technical review of 737 Max with NASA, nine...
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