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.

  • Technology
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 15 Min Read

Exploring the vast Earth Microsoft has created for Flight Simulator 2020

The Air Current was given the world's first hands-on look at the new 2020 version of Microsoft Flight...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: Boeing finishes MCAS software, Europe’s crumbing airlines, Beijing Daxing & the H-20

Issue No. 18
  • China
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 18 Min Read

The end of Embraer and the beginning of Boeing Brasil Commercial

Left unsaid in marking the delivery of Embraer's E195-E2 to Azul was that the Brazilian plane maker was...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Three Points: Multimodal Moxy, the Saudi oil spike, Mitsubishi and Montreal

Issue No. 17
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

Neeleman plans jump on Moxy with outgoing Azul E-Jets

Moxy wants a jump on its own effort. Also, Neeleman reveals plans for a longer-range A220.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

China may hold the future for De Havilland’s Dash 8-400

“One thing we will not do is we will not do any manufacturing [in a market] anymore without an order for...
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 16 Min Read

Newcomers De Havilland and Mitsubishi find themselves dwarfed by their suppliers

The long-term success of the regional aviation newcomers may hinge on their ability to convince their...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Three Points: 737 Max is a case study, Embraer at 50, the worst accident that never happened

Issue No. 16
  • Product Announcements
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 1 Min Read

Launching Pro Team plans

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  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 7 Min Read

Boeing ‘mothballing’ development of ultra-long range 777X

Will Boeing have an airplane to offer in time for Qantas' Project Sunrise?
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