Jon Ostrower

Three Points: American to lead 737 Max return, Embraer’s hybrid STOUT, Apple and green aviation

Jon Ostrower·November 16, 2020

The FAA is poised to order the Boeing 737 Max ungrounded this week. American Airlines will lead the jet's return after the 20-month grounding. Embraer's conceptual hybrid-electric STOUT for the Brazilian Air Force breaks cover and looks even more interesting than its E3 turboprop study. Apple's path to developing its new ultra-efficient M1 chip is an instructive guide for the strategic future of green aviation.

Electric flying advances to the mainstream as Tecnam joins the race

Jon Ostrower·November 12, 2020

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

Jon Ostrower·October 28, 2020

There is no all-new single-aisle airplane coming from Boeing -- at least not anytime soon, despite reports to the contrary. Yet, the company earlier this year started looking at major revamp of the 737 Max to compete with the Airbus A321XLR.

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

Jon Ostrower·October 24, 2020

Boeing floats a new 200 to 250-seater single-aisle, while its most important customer eyes 150 seaters. Airbus tells suppliers to be ready for a 2021 rate increase, while Mitsubishi nears shelving its SpaceJet. Looking closely at Boeing's 20-year outlook, China's first jetliner gets its first real slice of the demand pie.

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

Jon Ostrower·October 21, 2020

Deteriorating U.S., China relations loom over Boeing and its 737 Max recertification.

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

Jon Ostrower·October 6, 2020

Pandemic was accelerant, not cause of decision to consolidate 787 final assembly to its North Charleston, S.C. plant.

Boeing will consolidate 787 assembly operations to South Carolina

Jon Ostrower·October 1, 2020

Assembly of Boeing's long-range 787 will be done exclusively in South Carolina by mid-2021.

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

Jon Ostrower·September 24, 2020

Embedded inside the strategic assumptions underpinning flying with hydrogen paint a very different future for aviation than the one to which the industry has become accustomed over the last 40 years.

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

Jon Ostrower·September 12, 2020

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

Jon Ostrower·September 8, 2020

On the evening of August 24, an 18-month old United Airlines Boeing 787-10 touched down at Newark Airport after a...

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

Jon Ostrower·September 4, 2020

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Boeing yanks eight 787s from service over structural issue

Jon Ostrower·August 27, 2020

Two manufacturing issues compromised an area of the structure in the rear of the Boeing 787 that is unable to withstand the maximum stress that would be experienced by the aircraft in service and could fail.