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2019.05.09: Mitsubishi faces a rising monopoly as the sun sets on Bombardier
2019.04.30: Japan and Mitsubishi find their path together for MRJ certification
2019.04.23: 737 Max grounding tests Southwest’s relationship with Boeing
2019.04.15: Understanding the formula behind how Delta buys airplanes
2019.04.10: JetBlue doesn’t think flying to London is all that radical
2019.04.05: Boeing throttles back on 737 output as suppliers were speeding up
2019.04.04: Vestigial design issue clouds 737 Max crash investigations
2019.04.03: 737 Max grounding threatens to unravel the aviation certification world order
2019.03.27: Boeing details changes to MCAS and training for 737 Max
2019.03.19: 737 Max airlines take cover under the wing of a black swan
2019.03.12: The world pulls the Andon Cord on the 737 Max
2019.03.10: China’s aviation regulator orders grounding of 737 Max
2019.03.07: Bell wants to lead the revolution that’s trying to kill it
2019.02.28: Rolls-Royce withdrawal may signal fast-approaching Boeing 797 engine pick
2019.02.25: What the shape of Boeing’s 7J7 tells us about the 797
2019.02.13: Airbus will end A380 superjumbo production in 2021
2019.02.13: Airbus and Rolls-Royce plot Ultrafan for A350neo
2019.02.12: Rolls-Royce and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
2019.02.05: Aerion’s supersonic journey leads it to Boeing’s doorstep
2019.02.01: Boeing 787 deal in jeopardy, too, as Emirates weighs killing A380 for A330neo
2019.01.28: Suppliers at arm’s length as Boeing heads for 797 decision
2019.01.25: Trump Administration memo opens door to mass sickout by ATC
2019.01.17: Airbus makes room for the A220 in Alabama and beyond
2019.01.14: Airbus throws its weight behind (and on top of) the A220 supply chain
2019.01.10: KC-46 delivery comes with an asterisk and a lesson for 797
2019.01.07: Apple iPhone Xs and Boeing 777X have the same problem
2019.01.04: The first GE9X engines find a home on 777X
2018.12.26: Pat Shanahan’s sharp turn from tactics to strategy
2018.12.21: Mitsubishi and Bombardier trade legal barbs over recruitment and trade secrets
2018.12.14: A tempest rages around Boeing’s quiet island outpost in China
2018.12.12: Tracing the origins of Boeing’s ‘Diamond’ from Apollo to NMA
2018.12.05: China and Russia soften on CR929 tech transfer requirement
2018.11.29: Southwest is adding new angle of attack indicators to its 737 Max fleet
2018.11.29: Supersupplier Collins Aerospace begins life counterbalancing a superduopoly
2018.11.21: Airbus wages psychological warfare with its same decades-long strategy
2018.11.19: Boeing CEO disputes MCAS details “intentionally withheld” from airlines
2018.11.13: What is the Boeing 737 Max Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System?
2018.11.12: Bombardier’s market exit is nearly complete
2018.11.08: Viking Air to acquire Dash 8-Q400 program from Bombardier
2018.11.07: Boeing issues 737 Max fleet bulletin on AoA warning after Lion Air crash
2018.11.06: Airbus caps 2010s with A330-800 first flight
2018.11.04: Launching The Air Current for China
2018.10.31: The linchpin technology behind Boeing’s 797
2018.10.29: The perilous unreliability of Lion Air documents floating through social media
2018.10.22: Embraer and Bombardier set to navigate redrawn supply lines
2018.10.16: A complicated strategic future for Bombardier and Embraer business jets
2018.10.12: Singapore, Qantas and solving the unsexy problems of ultra long-haul flying
2018.10.10: Leonardo to launch CR929 composite fuselage venture for Comac
2018.10.05: How the 777X’s folding wing tips work
2018.10.04: Document details scope & ambition of Boeing-Embraer joint venture
2018.10.01: Southwest & Emirates close the book on the planes that built their airlines
2018.09.25: The surprisingly fast growth of the Africa-China airlink
2018.09.20: The plan to merge Republic and Trans States is near death
2018.09.17: Boeing has a clear path to picking engines, offering, launching the NMA
2018.09.13: Airbus, Eric Schulz and the strategic rejection of outsiders
2018.09.11: Comac looks to new shapes for its own future NMA
2018.09.06: Beyond the carrier deck: A glimpse at the 777X folding wingtip
2018.09.14: Mapping China’s expansive African aviation infrastructure projects
2018.08.30: Boeing shows off longer legs for 737 Max 10
2018.08.29: Echoes of 1997 production meltdown in 737 pileup
2018.08.29: Alaska adds another Amazon HQ2 city to its network
2018.08.22: Pilot shortage is the X factor in Boeing’s NMA deliberation
2018.08.14: Asking the right questions after a Q400 is stolen
2018.08.11: Final radio call from stolen Horizon Air Q400
2018.08.07: Revisiting The Sporty Game 36 years later
2018.08.01: Republic Airways is nearing a deal to buy Trans States
2018.07.31: New rules from China set to worsen the global pilot shortage
2018.07.25: Bombardier’s CEO on strategic survival and rising with Airbus
2018.07.19: Boeing looks to FedEx to expand NMA business case
2018.07.17: Airbus XLR stalks Boeing NMA at Farnborough
2018.07.15: Boeing Gov. Relations Chief: We’re done at the ITC
2018.07.14: Farnborough Preview: How one day a decade ago changed everything
2018.07.11: Ghosts of JetBlue and Bombardier haunt, but seal, first A220 deal
2018.07.09: Boeing’s quest for NMA steers it away from its history
2018.07.09: Tracking 30 years of falling airline ticket prices
2018.07.04: Embraer and Boeing ready to unveil commercial joint venture
2018.06.26: Engine trio has due date for Boeing NMA proposals
2018.05.11: What Boeing wants in Embraer also makes merging with it extremely difficult
2018.04.14: British Airways and the allure of Norwegian’s throttleable business
2018.04.08: Boeing, Embraer and the new superduopoly
2018.03.12: This is Boeing’s NMA
2018.03.09: China’s ARJ21 should scare Boeing and Airbus

Jon Ostrower

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.