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.

  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 13 Min Read

The 737 Max’s return risks accidentally breaking the aviation industry

The industry is beginning to game out the potential unintended long-term consequences the events of 2019...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: Zunum & start-up skepticism, Flyadeal walks on Max, Embraer profit hunting in China

Issue No. 10
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: More months of Max, Spirit’s Belfast necessity, Embraer & Gulfstream’s 600s

Issue No. 9
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 6 Min Read

FAA and Boeing initially disagreed on severity of “catastrophic” 737 Max software glitch

“When fixing an aircraft you don’t want to design in the next crash."
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 12 Min Read

Inseparable allies, Japan and Boeing, now find themselves in competition

Boeing's posture on Mitsubishi's SpaceJet could put future jet deals in Japan in jeopardy, says a...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 8 Min Read

Three Points: Mitsubishi and Bombardier at the finish line, 777X taxi testing, TAC at one year

Issue No. 8
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: NMA lives or dies this week, Mitsubishi and Bombardier continue talking, Of Strategy, Tactics & Tone

Issue No. 7
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 6 Min Read

Airbus set for Paris Air Show launch of A321XLR

Le Bourget launch orders expected to include at least one U.S. airline.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: AA and Max trust re-building (without Boeing), Raytheon/UTC, Flight Sim 2020

Issue No. 6
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Mitsubishi in advanced negotiations to acquire Bombardier’s CRJ program

The culmination of Bombardier's exit from commercial aviation and another tectonic industry shift.
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