Air France 380 Flight Cancellations
Jan 22, 2018, 7:23 pm
#32
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Our flight was canceled today out of LAX, they said it was technical issues. Took forever to get put on the flight tomorrow, had to wait an hour just for agents to show up. Wish they would elaborate what these technical issues were.
Feb 7, 2018, 11:41 pm
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Feb 8, 2018, 11:14 am
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Indeed I was booked on AF 65 a couple days ago and it cancelled. But in the app it showed me booked on AF 4xxx leaving 75 minutes later. Same seat assignment. AF explained that the inbound A380 was delayed out of Paris due to the snow. So they brought in a backup A380 and thus had to use a new flight number. I'm not sure where they got the backup A380. SFO maybe?
We made up a lot of time in the air and landed without a problem....and then sat on the tarmac for about an hour because we could not get a gate. The pilot seemed to be furious with ADP.
We made up a lot of time in the air and landed without a problem....and then sat on the tarmac for about an hour because we could not get a gate. The pilot seemed to be furious with ADP.
Aug 18, 2018, 11:29 pm
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Booked on A380 flight 55 from IAD-CDG (August 17). The flight was cancelled/delayed 3 hours, and flight number was changed to 4081. Pilot said there were mechanical issues on the original A380 and that they needed to bring a new one in.
The swap occurred 12 hours prior to our flight, and after online check in. There were no changes to our assigned seats and to our purchased upgrades.
The swap occurred 12 hours prior to our flight, and after online check in. There were no changes to our assigned seats and to our purchased upgrades.
Last edited by Ezrp; Aug 18, 2018 at 11:37 pm
Aug 19, 2018, 10:20 pm
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Aug 20, 2018, 12:50 am
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Cancellation versus delay is important to consider in this context. The EU website suggests that a change in flight number plus a delay is a cancellation for EU 261 purposes. (Can’t post the links here on FT yet.)
In any event, I was very relieved the upgrade stuck as EU 261 could never provide sufficient compensation for being stuck in economy on a redeye next to my wife after I promised her business class seats.
In any event, I was very relieved the upgrade stuck as EU 261 could never provide sufficient compensation for being stuck in economy on a redeye next to my wife after I promised her business class seats.
Aug 20, 2018, 5:29 am
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Booked on A380 flight 55 from IAD-CDG (August 17). The flight was cancelled/delayed 3 hours, and flight number was changed to 4081. Pilot said there were mechanical issues on the original A380 and that they needed to bring a new one in.
The swap occurred 12 hours prior to our flight, and after online check in. There were no changes to our assigned seats and to our purchased upgrades.
The swap occurred 12 hours prior to our flight, and after online check in. There were no changes to our assigned seats and to our purchased upgrades.
Aug 20, 2018, 6:45 pm
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I heard a private joke from one of the AF pilots. They nicknamed their A380s the A180s on account of the many times they had to turn around and return to their parking stand as a result of some random technical glitch 😁. AF pilots definitely have a sense of humor.