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Welcome to my 162nd weekly routes article! It includes 12 subjectively exciting stories about services that took off between March 25 and 31. Click here to see my last jam-packed article!

NASA's "quiet" new supersonic jet, the X-59, just passed a key engine test, bringing it closer to its first flight later this year.

The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds.

After recently making the headlines for reversing its famous "bags fly free" policy, Southwest Airlines has now attempted to begin expanding its network amid a long period of organizational restructuring. The carrier today announced that it would add two new routes to its schedule, including nonstop service from Will Rogers International Airport (OKC) in Oklahoma City to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). In addition to this flight, the airline will also begin flying from Eppley Airfield (OMA) in Omaha, Nebraska, to San Diego International Airport (SAN).

United Airlines has received the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration for its first Starlink-equipped aircraft type, paving the way for further installation on other aircraft. The airline plans to install this technology across its entire fleet of regional jets by the end of this year.

After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?

With today being April 1st, companies around the world have taken the opportunity to spread a touch of light-hearted joy by spinning a few April Fools' Day stories that are just slightly too good to be true. Whether you were able to smell the rat straight away or briefly believed the unlikely tales, it has been a fun start to the month seeing the different things that companies across the globe have come up with.

SAS has announced a significant expansion of its summer schedule, with the airline adding 28 new routes from Copenhagen, Denmark, Oslo, Norway, and Stockholm, Sweden, strengthening its role in connecting Northern Europe to the world.

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus, including the effects of the sun's radiation on its seasonal shifts.

An American Airlines flight from New York to Tokyo was forced to divert to Dallas/Fort Worth after it had already begun crossing the Pacific Ocean on its way to the Japanese capital.

Later this month, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's second-tier club competition, will take place across the continent. Alongside Norwegian underdogs Bodø/Glimt's tie against Italian heavyweights Lazio, the remaining three quarter-finals each feature a British side, with Tottenham Hotspur taking on Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester United facing Lyon, and Rangers squaring up against Athletic Bilbao. The latter of these draws has prompted a boom in flights.

French planemaker Airbus has announced that the A380 will return. While the manufacturer broke many hearts by canceling the program on Valentine's Day 2019, it appears that April Fools Day is the perfect day to bring the giant of the skies back!

Lufthansa, citing new aircraft delivery delays, has said that it will begin deploying its Airbus A350-900 aircraft from Frankfurt, including to two destinations in the United States, Denver and Seattle.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for some Boeing 757 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines. The AD was proposed because of instances of precooler failures in some engines resulting in head damage to some components.

At the 2025 Air & Space Forces Warfare Symposium, RTX Corporation - a key aircraft systems developer that works on everything from avionics to weapons - kindly gave an update on a key weapons program in StormBreaker and also their new Active Electrically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar in PhantomStrike as well as the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ).

SpaceX launched the Fram2 astronaut mission today (March 31), the first-ever crewed spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.

A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.

The FAA has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mishap, accepting the company's findings and verifying its corrective actions.

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Monday (March 31), on the first of the company's two planned liftoffs for the day.

Two NASA rockets launched into auroras over Alaska last week, and the results were gorgeous.