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.

  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 6 Min Read

What is the Boeing 737 Max Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System?

Boeing quietly added a new system "to compensate for some unique aircraft handling characteristics."
  • Analysis
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 7 Min Read

Bombardier’s market exit is nearly complete

The harder Bombardier pushed, the more its moves fractured its enterprise.
  • Scoops
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 2 Min Read

Viking Air to acquire Dash 8-Q400 program from Bombardier

A major escalation in Viking’s commercial aircraft ambitions.
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 3 Min Read

Boeing issues 737 Max fleet bulletin on AoA warning after Lion Air crash

Erroneous AOA indications are causing the single-aisle jet to enter an aggressive dive.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 1 Min Read

Airbus caps 2010s with A330-800 first flight

Waiting by the phone: For the first time this century, Airbus has nothing on its calendar. The second of...
  • China
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 2 Min Read

Launching The Air Current for China

"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills."
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

The linchpin technology behind Boeing’s 797

How a secret program launched in 2012 explains everything Boeing is doing now as it readies to launch...
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 5 Min Read

The perilous unreliability of Lion Air documents floating through social media

Three versions of the same document.
  • Business Aviation
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 8 Min Read

Embraer and Bombardier set to navigate redrawn supply lines

If Airbus and Boeing partnerships unlock new heft for commercial jets, is the same true for business...
  • Business Aviation
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 6 Min Read

A complicated strategic future for Bombardier and Embraer business jets

Strategically unmoored or unleashed?
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