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.

  • China
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 11 Min Read

Signs of acceleration from China and Comac at the start of a new decade

The biggest story of the 2020s.
  • Company Culture
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

New Boeing CEO tasked with fixing rifts he and the board helped cultivate

Its actions so far show that it’s not clear if it’s capable of doing so.
  • Aircraft Production
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 13 Min Read

Supply chain built on promise of 737 Max bumper crop braces for shutdown

“It’s like the key assumptions for everybody’s business model are suddenly at risk."
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 9 Min Read

Pilot procedure confusion adds new complication to Boeing 737 Max return

Final approvals slipping into February.
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 12 Min Read

Three Points: A321XLRs for United, 737 Max checklist testing, hairy landings, Dubai Air Show redux

Issue No. 21
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 8 Min Read

Boeing 737 Max re-certification likely to slide into 2020, Ryanair model faces new ‘design issue’

A “slight and decreasing” chance that the FAA will clear the 737 Max for U.S. service in 2019.
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 8 Min Read

Transport Canada safety official urges removal of MCAS from 737 Max

Removing MCAS from the 737 Max is "how to get some confidence back to us all that we as Authorities can...
  • Historical Context
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 21 Min Read

The DC-10, 737 Max and the struggle to polish a tarnished airplane

What really happened to McDonnell Douglas and the DC-10 after it returned to service following its 1979...
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

FAA pushes back on “pressure” to return Boeing 737 Max to service

"The FAA fully controls the approval process," wrote Dickson.
  • Airlines
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

Southwest wants a small airplane from Boeing or Airbus and that could reshape aviation

The Boeing 737 problem that has nothing to do with the Max
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