Air France 380 Flight Cancellations
Sep 22, 2017, 4:26 pm
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Air France 380 Flight Cancellations
I have a flight coming up on the AF 380
I tend to do I keep an eye on how my flight performs in the Weeks/months leading up to a flight .
In the the last couple weeks my flight (AF 11) and the other 380 Flight out of JFK (AF7)
Have seen several cancellations, 5 in the last week between The two, while other flights on 777 have gone out no problems. Just curious if anything is up with the 380s
Are the 380 flights more prone to problems or just coincidence and a bad week for the jumbo.
I was already not excited about the Angle Flat J seat, now this, I hope 380s are doing better the week I have to fly one
I tend to do I keep an eye on how my flight performs in the Weeks/months leading up to a flight .
In the the last couple weeks my flight (AF 11) and the other 380 Flight out of JFK (AF7)
Have seen several cancellations, 5 in the last week between The two, while other flights on 777 have gone out no problems. Just curious if anything is up with the 380s
Are the 380 flights more prone to problems or just coincidence and a bad week for the jumbo.
I was already not excited about the Angle Flat J seat, now this, I hope 380s are doing better the week I have to fly one
Sep 23, 2017, 1:37 am
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They have not been cancelled but delayed and re-numbered (and the original flight number appears as cancelled in the systems, while the flight itself is not cancelled).
Sep 23, 2017, 10:04 am
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Thanks
I supose it could be any number of reasons why the a380 flights we so delayed
Hopefully it's nothing to do with the plane itself
Sep 24, 2017, 2:11 am
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Yes, it happens. Do you know why they give a new flight number instead to keep the same flight number?
Sep 24, 2017, 3:45 am
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Yes, that's the reason. They used to add a letter after the flight number instead of attributing a completely different number (e.g. AF023A), but this letter was incompatible with DL systems, so for US flights, they now give a different number. They still use the letter system for non-US flights.
Sep 25, 2017, 5:37 am
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Yes, that's the reason. They used to add a letter after the flight number instead of attributing a completely different number (e.g. AF023A), but this letter was incompatible with DL systems, so for US flights, they now give a different number. They still use the letter system for non-US flights.
Sep 30, 2017, 3:25 pm
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Glad every one is ok, but I definately thought about this,
I have a flight on the 380 on Thursday JFK-CDG
Since I'm in J a swap to 777 would be an upgrade
Oct 1, 2017, 3:11 am
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Oct 1, 2017, 11:21 pm
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There's a major safety of flight issue with an unknown cause and no plausible means for containment.
With only one failure, the PNE would be almost impossible to determine .
Park em, poke up, press to test,
They are machines made by man, Rest assured , they will fail if left to their own devices,
With only one failure, the PNE would be almost impossible to determine .
Park em, poke up, press to test,
They are machines made by man, Rest assured , they will fail if left to their own devices,
Oct 3, 2017, 4:07 pm
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This may "happen every day" but being held on board for 18 hours after what constitutes an emergency landing is not! I guess the passengers couldn't dial 911 as others have done!