Jon Ostrower

1 week ago | theaircurrent.com | Jon Ostrower

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Release Date April 16, 2025 Tariff uncertainty forces undelivered Chinese 737s back to Seattle The deepening trade war between the United States and China is being fought at Boeing’s doorstep as the company absorbs the impact of a refusal to take delivery of heavily tariffed commercial passenger planes destined for Chinese airlines. Reporting from Bloomberg News and the Wall Street...

2 weeks ago | theaircurrent.com | Jon Ostrower

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Release DateApril 4, 2025Resurgent U.S. mercantilism upsets an aviation system engineered for globalization The New York Times first mentioned the word globalization in its pages in 1981.

3 weeks ago | theaircurrent.com | Jon Ostrower |Will Guisbond

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Release Date March 31, 2025 Wing production bedevils ‘fragile’ Boeing 737 Max ramp-up progress In February, Boeing moved to advance production of the 737 Max to 38 airplanes each month. The production system that assembles each single-aisle airplane in Renton, Washington briefly reached that rate, having jumped from 31 airplanes per month. But as the company advanced to a pace not seen...

1 month ago | theaircurrent.com | Jon Ostrower

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1 month ago | theaircurrent.com | Jon Ostrower

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber HEAR FROM THE AIR CURRENT Leave this field empty if you're human: Release Date March 14, 2025 Airbus and Embraer eye Poland for swords, plowshares and a partner In a ceremony in Warsaw this week, Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto announced that the Brazilian plane maker planned to make Poland a “center of excellence” as part of its European industrial strategy at a time when the country’s flag carrier and armed forces are actively considering its...