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.

  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 12 Min Read

Three Points: Chess with the A220-500, a SpaceJet revival, aviation at 118

Issue No. 48
  • Aircraft Production
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 15 Min Read

With China recertification, Boeing pivots to ramp 737 Max output

Internally, Boeing flags engineering need as possible threat to future production increase.
  • China
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 13 Min Read

CAAC clears 737 Max, but aviation in China is different 33 months later

Boeing’s jet will return to a transformed Chinese aviation ecosystem that looks nothing like it did in...
  • Analysis
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

The last leg of the U.S. airline recovery is going to be the hardest

U.S. passengers are ready for 2022, but airlines aren’t. Part two in our year-ahead forecast.
  • Technology
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 15 Min Read

Like it or not, the foundations for single-pilot flying are being laid today

A pilot shortage is shaping the debate over single-pilot cockpits, while Airbus CEO grabs aviation’s...
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 7 Min Read

Airbus tees up early A350 freighter orders with Air Lease

Stalwart customer Air Lease Corp. lines up to be a launch buyer of new A350 Freighter.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points for the 2021 Dubai Air Show

Issue No. 47. A350 freighter will launch in Dubai, Boeing’s 777XF won’t — yet
  • Technology
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

The journey to green flying is about the diversion, not the destination

As it prepares to fly a hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2024, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada says it’s...
  • Technology
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

De Havilland and the Canadian pursuit of a hybrid-electric turboprop

It’s the difference between promise then prove and prove then promise.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 7 Min Read

Three Points: Reactivating A380s, BizAv’s big picture, flying the B-36 Peacemaker

Issue No. 46
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