There’s nothing like a short, sharp jab to the lower chest and a crotch-numbing dip in frigid waters to start the week. The jab came in the form of an early Sunday morning text from my friend Bruce in Moscow who sent word that the all-premium carrier Eos Airlines has just gone into Chapter 11.

The dip has become an annual ritual with Mats to celebrate the opening of the summer house in Sweden and this year involved a very rapid, ungraceful jump rather than dive into the Baltic (temperature about 9ºC) and a speedy ascent up the ladder to bundle up. While we were drying off, I texted Bruce back to verify it was true. Seconds later he confirmed that it was no rumour and that Eos would be operating its final flights over the next 24 hours.