Routes and partnerships slashed in some areas, while others focus on innovation. Plus Spanish airports fight back against Ryanair and lots more.

Spirit Airlines is back in bankruptcy court, once again planning a restructuring in hopes of finding profitability. Plus more orders, 787 progress, and some aviation idiocy in Florida.

Flying the Air Inuit 737-200 Combi to Puvirnituq’s gravel runway is an AvGeek bucket list item. Alas, the 47-year old plane had other ideas. But we still had an interesting/good time.

One strike averted, another underway. And plenty of challenges remain for the aviation industry overall.

American has a bunch more planes on order, while JetBlue and Spirit officially call it quits. Plus lots more…

Winter weather is giving the industry some troubles, but there’s still plenty of hot news to discuss..