When digital services company Jeppesen ForeFlight was spun off from Boeing in November, its new private equity owner Thoma Bravo declared “the original innovators of aviation technology are back in a big way.” The company has since faced an uphill battle convincing skeptics that this proclamation is true. Its first acts after the transaction closed were straight out of the private-equity…

PHOENIX — If the spin-off of Honeywell’s aerospace business is going to deliver on its promise to customers and investors, the new company’s leadership will have to reverse a few corporate bad habits. Honeywell Aerospace on Wednesday will give investors a preview of its growth prospects and strategy as a standalone company after its June 29 initial public offering. The Air Current got an advance…