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.

  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

New photo adds to the mystery of China’s MA700 regional turboprop

A fresh sign that China’s homegrown MA700 regional turboprop is flying, but with whose engines?
  • Aircraft Production
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 7 Min Read

Boeing slows way down on Chinese 737 Max production

Boeing’s inventory of 737 Max jets is a geopolitical parking lot.
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

The Russian aircraft fleet is set on a course to crumble, but it won’t happen overnight

The nationalization and theft of the Russian civil aircraft fleet is a watershed moment.
  • Aviation Safety
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 4 Min Read

China Eastern 5735’s sudden sharp dive put in context

The Air Current compares historical high rates of descent for key air accidents.
  • Valuable Resources
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 2 Min Read

The western airliner fleet inside Russia: An interactive data visualization

Where all the western aircraft inside Russia are and who operates & owns them.
  • Aircraft Leasing
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 16 Min Read

Inside a failed attempt to repo an Aeroflot A321neo in Egypt

Amid western sanctions, Russia tries to hold on to its fleet, threatening to collapse the international...
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 12 Min Read

Boeing reliance on Russia underscores aerospace industry’s failure to have it all

The western civil and defense aerospace business has long believed that Russia could be its customer,...
  • Industry Strategy
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 14 Min Read

Disconnecting Russia from aviation’s world order came gradually – then all at once

The economic and industrial disconnection of Russia from global aviation has been escalating over the...
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 20 Min Read

Eviation zaps its uncharacteristically candid founder

“If it has to blow up, it should blow up today,” says Eviation CEO and founder Bar-Yohay after abrupt...
  • Aircraft Development
  • Jon Ostrower
  • 17 Min Read

FAA not giving an inch as Boeing big jet programs face slide

Influential customer has “hard time seeing” 787 deliveries resuming before July, 777X certification...
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