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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 29/09/2026

All set up here for Alaska Air Group media day. The airline has announced its next salvo in the premium travel fight, queueing up big new lounges and cabins for the A330, 787 and a lie-flat transcon product on its eventually-incoming 737 Max 10s.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 13/09/2026

Just an amazing day at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS). Mind blown.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 13/09/2026

This is what happens when I let Guy Norris drag me on an Australian aviation adventure.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 03/09/2026

It's time: @theairshowpodcast.com is set for its first LIVE episode. We're taking over the Boeing Customer Experience Center (home to their cabin mockups) in Renton for a live taping with our guest Shane Tackett, president of Alaska Airlines. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-air-sh...

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 31/07/2026

Epic way to start a Friday. Sunrise ballooning over Enumclaw.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 26/07/2026

And man oh man, this TEAM. They are something else. More adventures ahead. @elanhead.com @juliejohnsson.bsky.social @willguisbond.com

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 26/07/2026

More views from Farnborough.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 26/07/2026

I’ll admit this past week in London I deliberately left my usual air show social media posting behind. Really glad I did. Air shows are gushes of information and it’s a good way to have things get lost. It was still a great week with the amazing team from @theaircurrent.com. MUCH more to come.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 20/07/2026

Indescribably proud of @theaircurrent.com’s @elanhead.com and @willguisbond.com who, respectively, took home the awards for Technology Writer of the Year and Best New Journalist at the 2026 Aerospace Media Awards here in London!

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 16/07/2026

Humor me for a moment, testing something out. Excited to share more soon.

The second 787-8 passenger flight in Tokyo in September 2011. Night time view of the Trent 1000 engine with a worker in protective clothing working nearby.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 14/07/2026

Been curious about @theaircurrent.com’s app but you’re not a subscriber, you say? Quite alright! Airflow, our stream of headlines, is free for all to enjoy. Perfect for following the Farnborough Airshow. Dive in! iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/the-a... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 05/07/2026

Happy 250th birthday, America. You are beautiful, complicated and I am immensely proud of what we have accomplished together and the potential for generations of greatness to come.

American flag hung behind space shuttle enterprise.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 30/06/2026

So great running into you!!

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 23/06/2026

It's finally here: @theaircurrent.com app for Android! play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 14/06/2026

Oh my. I think I saw this flight over my neighborhood this morning. Here’s one of two that were in formation when captured this at 10:52 am.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 10/06/2026

I certainly noticed it yesterday!

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 10/06/2026

Time to go for a ride. Heading from SJK to GPX. Gotta make sure the Shuttle still has a place to land.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 04/06/2026

A collapsed nose gear is an ugly thing, but look closely at what happens when you design an airplane with an intense level of forethought for such a failure. The weight sits entirely on the 787’s nose — not the engines — and the MLG doors still open freely.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 03/05/2026

12,000 Artemis II photos just dropped. Some unexpected new favorites in here. eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos...

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 02/05/2026

Rest easy, Big Banana. My heart is with all the Spirit employees who are having to endure this. Just awful.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 02/05/2026

BREAKING: Spirit Airlines officially ceases operations, begins wind-down process after 43 years in business

Spirit Airlines Begins Orderly Wind-Down of Operations
All Flights Have Been Cancelled
DANIA BEACH, Fla., May 2, 2026 - Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., parent company of Spirit Airlines, LLC ("Spirit" or the "Company"), today regretfully announced that the Company has started an orderly wind-down of operations, effective immediately. All Spirit flights have been cancelled, and Spirit Guests should not go to the airport.
The wind-down follows the Company's extensive and comprehensive efforts to restructure the business and pursue transactions to strengthen Spirit's financial position and create a sustainable path forward.
Unfortunately, despite the Company's efforts, the recent material increase in oil prices and other pressures on the business have significantly impacted Spirit's financial outlook. With no additional funding available to the Company, Spirit had no choice but to begin this wind-down.
"For more than 30 years, Spirit Airlines has played a pioneering role in making travel more accessible and bringing people together while driving affordability across the industry," said Dave Davis, Spirit's President and Chief Executive Officer. "In March 2026, we reached an agreement with our bondholders on a restructuring plan that would have allowed us to emerge as a go-forward business.
However, the sudden and sustained rise in fuel prices in recent weeks ultimately has left us with no alternative but to pursue an orderly wind-down of the Company. Sustaining the business required hundreds of millions of additional dollars of liquidity that Spirit simply does not have and could not procure. This is tremendously disappointing and not the outcome any of us wanted."

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 19/04/2026

Saturday is kid sporting events. Morning on the arrivals side. Afternoon for departures.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 18/04/2026

I can only assume this is about Chicago.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 13/04/2026

I've got nothing more to say on the matter.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 09/04/2026

Something a little bit different for today’s adventure.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 08/04/2026

Night Music: Clair de Lune youtu.be/wsvXfK72Znw?...

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 06/04/2026

Never in my life have I looked up at the Moon and known there are humans closer to there than here.

The moon just before sunrise on April 6.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 01/04/2026

MECO: It's 2026 and four humans are beginning their journey to the Moon for the first time 54 years.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 29/03/2026

The Boeing 757 would like to remind you that it is better and cooler than anything else flying.

On March 29, 1991, a 757, powered by only one of its engines, took off, circled, and landed at the 11,621-foot-high Gongga Airport in Tibet. The airplane performed perfectly even though the airfield was in a box canyon surrounded by peaks more than 16,400 feet high.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 24/03/2026

It’s called Relaxed Row. Coming to all 787s and some 777s. On 200 aircraft by 2030.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 24/03/2026

The crankiness abounds. We’re plotting a podcast mashup. Flintstones meets Jetsons style.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 28/02/2026

Of all the flights on Earth right now, this is one I’d least like to be on.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 28/02/2026

One of the busiest airspace corridors in the world - the artery that stretches across Israel, Jordan, Iran and Iraq - is clearing out after Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran amid a massive U.S. military build-up in the region. (via @flightradar24.com)

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 14/02/2026

Well that was an unexpected surprise. My goodness that’s pretty.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 12/02/2026

Had a chance to see ZA004 off this morning from BFI on her final flight to retirement. This 787 has seen a thing or two. What a journey.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 03/02/2026

How big is the Boeing 777X? (humans for scale)

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 30/01/2026

The team from @theaircurrent is seeking more information on this statement from the President. A massive amount of the U.S. fleet of mainline, regional, helicopter and military aircraft are "made in Canada."

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 19/01/2026

China’s birthrate has fallen to its lowest level since 1949. In 2022, @theaircurrent.com explored what this all means for the future of flying in the largest market for new airplanes. theaircurrent.com/china/china-...

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 18/01/2026

From @theaircurrent.com from April: Resurgent U.S. mercantilism upsets an aviation system engineered for globalization theaircurrent.com/industry-str...

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 13/01/2026

You should see what it looks like up close!

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 13/01/2026

And now for something a little different.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 12/01/2026

Hidden within Airbus's full-year 2025 delivery total of 793 total aircraft is that the company set a new record for single-aisle deliveries -- topping its pre-pandemic output peaks with 700 last year.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 11/01/2026

BREAKING: Allegiant and Sun Country announce plans to merge, in latest consolidation move for U.S.'s ailing low-cost airline sector.

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