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
  • 5 Min Read

Out of money, Aerion’s supersonic pursuit is at its end

"We are disappointed Aerion could not secure additional funding to continue their work," said strategic...
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 17 Min Read

The pandemic didn’t stop Breeze, it gave David Neeleman a new business model

Breeze Airways is on the verge of reality with inexpensive aircraft and a financial model designed for...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 13 Min Read

Three Points: Airbus supplier reintegration, 737 Max grounding grounding, a swift U.S. refleeting

Issue No. 41
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: Boeing’s CFO retires, Martian Kitty Hawk, COVID in India

Issue No. 40
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 15 Min Read

Emirates’ Tim Clark has the audacity to think long-term

Globalization, technology and crippling debt will shape the future of flying after COVID-19, says Clark.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: Martian first flight, Alaska joins oneworld, saving United 1175

Issue No. 39
  • Scoops
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 6 Min Read

FAA certifies high-density Boeing 737 Max destined for Ryanair

U.S. approval clears the way for European validation of the high-density jetliner.
  • China
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 13 Min Read

Jetliner diplomacy between the U.S. and China looks a long way off

Boeing and Comac are at the mercy of the peculiar adversarial interdependence between China and the U.S.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 18 Min Read

In Hamburg, Airbus passes last embers of A380 torch to A321XLR

Airbus and Boeing, back in their corners, fight in the digital factory.
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 20 Min Read

Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 Max, 787

“The wake up call of the Max was something that told them that all was not right.”
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