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
  • 14 Min Read

All-new Boeing jet is vaporware, but 5G Max revamp comes to light

The technology for an all-new Boeing aircraft would be too late to be competitive, but too early to be...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Three Points: Southwest ready to shop, Airbus thaws & MHI freezes, Comac’s slice of Boeing outlook

Issue No. 34
  • China
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

737 Max recertification risks becoming pawn in U.S.-China fight

Deteriorating U.S., China relations loom over Boeing and its 737 Max recertification.
  • Aircraft Production
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Moving Boeing’s 787 to South Carolina was a dozen years in the making

Pandemic was accelerant, not cause of decision to consolidate 787 final assembly to its North...
  • Aircraft Production
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 1 Min Read

Boeing will consolidate 787 assembly operations to South Carolina

Assembly of Boeing's long-range 787 will be done exclusively in South Carolina by mid-2021.
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 17 Min Read

Understanding the industry-transforming dynamics behind Airbus’s hydrogen Moonshot

Airbus asks aviation to envision a greener, more expensive future of flying with hydrogen.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

Three Points: Composite wing R&D, e-taxi trials, United’s longer-legged 787s

Issue No. 33
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Scarce quality data on 787 skins as FAA peels back onion on Boeing

Fresh quality disclosures bedevil Boeing as FAA investigates. Dreamliner's carbon fiber skin smoothness,...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: Pilotless Caravans, a new USAF strategy, COVID era’s top 10 airlines

Issue No. 32
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Boeing yanks eight 787s from service over structural issue

Two manufacturing issues compromised an area of the structure in the rear of the 787 that is unable to...
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