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.

  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Rolls-Royce withdrawal may signal fast-approaching Boeing 797 engine pick

The Ultrafan wouldn’t have been ready until 2027.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 7 Min Read

What the shape of Boeing’s 7J7 tells us about the 797

Back in the 1980s, Boeing found a small twin-aisle aircraft offers some unexpected benefits.
  • Aircraft Production
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 3 Min Read

Airbus will end A380 superjumbo production in 2021

It’s over: In the end it was the market, not the market forecast, that determined the fate of the...
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 8 Min Read

Airbus and Rolls-Royce plot Ultrafan for A350neo

Ultrafan's likely first commercial application is set to power a re-engined A350 around 2025.
  • Engine Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 13 Min Read

Rolls-Royce and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year

Rolls-Royce wants to move beyond its headaches toward an Ultrafan for A350neo and NMA.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Aerion’s supersonic journey leads it to Boeing’s doorstep

"Our companies share common vision about how we proceed with development of the AS2 and the supersonic...
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 6 Min Read

Boeing 787 deal in jeopardy, too, as Emirates weighs killing A380 for A330neo

The Middle East twin-aisle aircraft recession is here.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Suppliers at arm’s length as Boeing heads for 797 decision

The distance between Boeing and its suppliers is a feature, not a bug, of the new aircraft's development.
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 16 Min Read

Trump Administration memo opens door to mass sickout by ATC

A sharp increasing in staffing issues at ATC centers around the U.S. may signal a tipping point in the...
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 7 Min Read

Airbus makes room for the A220 in Alabama and beyond

With A321XLR and A320neo Plus, Airbus is making space for a new A220-500 in its fight with Boeing.
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