Can Russia produce more than 300 commercial aircraft by the end of the decade to backfill the Boeing and Airbus frames that will be inoperable by then? And would you fly on one if they do??

Sure, the conversations were great, but our plans for birthday festivities came up short.

Should you subscribe to an airline’s recurring payment offerings? Probably not. But we’re going to talk about it a bit.

We lost last week’s episode, but came back strong this time around with planes big and small crossing oceans and some fun new routes and money for US startups.