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Using a revolutionary dark energy camera, astronomers have discovered the largest haul of "missing link" intermediate-mass black holes ever seen, but there should have been more.

The world's largest telescope continues to take shape on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.

On February 19th, a Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 featuring a special livery was spotted. This aircraft's livery celebrates the fact that Delta is turning 100 years old in 2025, and it features a unique combination of silver and gold features. It is not surprising for a legacy airline to use special liveries to celebrate company milestones, especially ones as important as its 100th anniversary. The aircraft in question bears registration MSN720.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander lowered its orbit around the moon Tuesday (Feb. 18), sending back gorgeous footage from just over the lunar surface.

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada has provided an initial update on its investigation of the crash involving the Endeavor Air CRJ900, which was operating a flight on behalf of Delta Connection on February 17.

WestJet is returning to Amsterdam,influenced by its KLM codeshare. While Canada's second-largest airline previously served the Netherlands from Calgary between 2021 and 2023 with the Boeing 787-9, things will be very different this time.

Etihad Airways has announced that in 2024, the airline achieved its highest-ever profit after the number of carried passengers grew by a whopping 32% year-on-year (YoY).

In February 2025, all seven of our planetary neighbors will be visible from Earth. So what does such a planetary alignment mean for science? Well, not much — unless you're an interplanetary spacecraft.

Air Canada has shared an operational update with its customers, saying that due to the weather and the recent Endeavor Air Mitsubishi CRJ900 incident at one of its main hubs in Toronto, Canada, the carrier had to cancel around 1,290 flights in the past week.

Boeing’s delivery schedule was severely affected last year and continues to affect the fleet and network plans of many airlines. Alaska Airlines, which recently acquired Hawaiian Airlines, has also tweaked its growth plans because of delivery delays of its Boeing 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Hunting for alien civilizations isn't a matter of just waiting around for them to show up; it's the business of combing through enormous volumes of data to look for peculiar signals.

Boeing is preparing to lay off roughly 200 employees working on the Space Launch System rocket as it braces for the possibility that its contracts with NASA may not be renewed after they end in March.

No Weapon X yet, but Captain America: Brave New World marks the arrival of adamantium to Earth-616 in a departure from its comic book origins.

Resilience, a lunar lander built by Japanese company ispace, zoomed within a mere 5,220 miles (8,400 kilometers) of the moon on Feb. 14.

On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, whether you call it a planet or not.

The first Boeing 787 was delivered to launch customer All Nippon in September 2011 and started carrying passengers towards the end of that month. It was the 787-8, the smallest variant. It remains in service with Air Japan, All Nippon's lower-cost unit.

Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution imaging satellite for the company Blacksky toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink satellites today (Feb. 18) and then landed the Atlantic Ocean near The Bahamas —a first for the company.

Southwest Airlines boasts an impressive domestic network. The budget carrier, which is known for its free checked bag and flexible ticket policies, has expanded its footprint across the United States of America and beyond. In key markets across the United States, including popular leisure destinations like Orlando, Las Vegas, and Tampa, Southwest has solidified itself as a major competitor and an airline of choice for passengers.

Welcome to my 157th weekly routes article! I have analyzed some subjectively exciting services that took off between February 11 and 17 (unless stated). Click here to see my last jam-packed article!