He is also an instructor at the University of Southern California in the Viterbi School of Engineering's Aviation Safety and Security program. Mr. Ostrower was editor of FlightBlogger for Flightglobal and Flight International Magazine covering the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other new aircraft programs from 2007 to 2012. Based first in Chicago and then in Washington, D.C., he covered Boeing, aviation safety, and the business of global aerospace.īefore that, Mr. Ostrower joined CNN in 2016 following four and a half years at the Wall Street Journal. Ostrower served as Aviation Editor for CNN Worldwide, guiding the network’s global coverage of the business and operations of aviation. Jon Ostrower is Editor-in-chief of The Air Current, where he leads coverage of the global aerospace and aviation industries. Apple iPhone Xs and Boeing 777X have the same problem.Rolls-Royce and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year.Singapore, Qantas and solving the unsexy problems of ultra long-haul flying.For Qantas, the plane maker is also privately sharing early details of changes coming to the 777X, aimed at enabling Project Sunrise, the airline’s pursuit to connect Australia’s largest city with London and New York without stopping. Promised performance boosts to the 787 for Air New Zealand were a major factor in the carrier’s decision this week to purchase eight 787-10 aircraft from Boeing, according to those familiar with the deal. Now, Boeing is advancing changes to its twin-aisle aircraft to win new business from Air New Zealand and Qantas, shrinking the travel time from Oceania to the rest of the world and chasing the frontiers of ultra long-haul flying. Their remote location in the South Pacific requires an added level of creativity and complexity to cross to other continents by air. Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia are at the opposite end of the accessibility spectrum. Each is accessible to continents, seemingly half way to everywhere and proximate to billions of people with a short flight.

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