AF cancels flights operated by A318-319-320-321
Nov 28, 2025 | 2:24 pm
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AF cancels flights operated by A318-319-320-321
I guess this will have a significant impact on short and medium-haul operations:
"Air France has received a communication from Airbus requesting airlines to carry out a software update on certain aircraft in the Airbus A320 family (A318, A319, A320, A321).
Air France strictly complies with the instructions of the authorities and the manufacturer and is forced to adapt its flight schedule operated by this type of aircraft."
(Source: AF website, 28 November 2025)
Background story: "Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely-used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet" (Reuters)
Visible impact today: for example, all AF flights from TLS and NCE after 7pm were cancelled or heavily delayed.
"Air France has received a communication from Airbus requesting airlines to carry out a software update on certain aircraft in the Airbus A320 family (A318, A319, A320, A321).
Air France strictly complies with the instructions of the authorities and the manufacturer and is forced to adapt its flight schedule operated by this type of aircraft."
(Source: AF website, 28 November 2025)
Background story: "Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely-used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet" (Reuters)
Visible impact today: for example, all AF flights from TLS and NCE after 7pm were cancelled or heavily delayed.
Last edited by Lemonwings; Nov 28, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Nov 28, 2025 | 4:06 pm
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I understand a software downgrade is needed to the flight controls that takes 2 hours to download.
Hopefully this can be done overnight in most cases ?
Hopefully this can be done overnight in most cases ?
Nov 28, 2025 | 5:15 pm
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I doubt it's going to be so fast. And for the older A32X models, it seems it's more complicated (it's not just a download).
Nov 29, 2025 | 7:18 am
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Most of the AF A32x fleet seems indeed to be operating normally today, with the exception of the A320 F-HEPx series. Good job
Nov 29, 2025 | 11:21 am
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I would have been more that happy to be forced to stay one day longer in Barcelona aux frais de la princesse 
, but "unfortunately" everything went smooth
Big kudos to the AF (and Airbus?) teams for the very efficient handling of the situation!
, but "unfortunately" everything went smoothBig kudos to the AF (and Airbus?) teams for the very efficient handling of the situation!
Nov 29, 2025 | 11:50 am
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Nov 29, 2025 | 12:57 pm
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Yeah, when you consider the A320 family is the best selling appareil worldwide, a long downtime would be catastrophic for commercial aviation.
But it's good that for most appareils, it takes just a few hours. Apparently LH did not have cancellations today related to the software update.
But it's good that for most appareils, it takes just a few hours. Apparently LH did not have cancellations today related to the software update.