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.

  • China
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 2 Min Read

Launching The Air Current for China

"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills."
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

The linchpin technology behind Boeing’s 797

How a secret program launched in 2012 explains everything Boeing is doing now as it readies to launch...
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 5 Min Read

The perilous unreliability of Lion Air documents floating through social media

Three versions of the same document.
  • Business Aviation
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 8 Min Read

Embraer and Bombardier set to navigate redrawn supply lines

If Airbus and Boeing partnerships unlock new heft for commercial jets, is the same true for business...
  • Business Aviation
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 6 Min Read

A complicated strategic future for Bombardier and Embraer business jets

Strategically unmoored or unleashed?
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 5 Min Read

Singapore, Qantas and solving the unsexy problems of ultra long-haul flying

The garbage scow conundrum.
  • Dispatches
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 2 Min Read

Leonardo to launch CR929 composite fuselage venture for Comac

Leonardo sta per atterrare in Cina: Italian aerospace conglomerate Leonardo is set to be a major...
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

How the 777X’s folding wing tips work

It's 2023 and Singapore Airlines 242 is getting ready to fly home from Sydney.
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 6 Min Read

Document details scope & ambition of Boeing-Embraer joint venture

Airbus, Bombardier and China are driving the strategic rationale for the broad partnership.
  • Dispatches
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 3 Min Read

Southwest & Emirates close the book on the planes that built their airlines

Unintentional history at Paine Field.
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