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Airbus completes 5,000+ A320 software fixes; most grounded jets return, about 100 remain offline

Airbus has completed more than 5,000 urgent software updates to address an ELAC‑1 flight‑control defect, returning most A320‑family jets to service while roughly 100 aircraft remain grounded under an EASA Emergency AD. The FAA has issued Emergency AD 2025‑24‑51 to align U.S. operators.

2025-11-30T04:09:34.987059-08:00

Airbus

Solar radiation corrupts A320 flight‑control software; EASA orders emergency fix as carriers warn of travel disruption

2025-11-28T09:54:09.894869-08:00

Reuters

Airlines rush to install EASA‑mandated A320 software fix — American, AirAsia, Viva and Volaris update fleets

2025-11-28T11:52:58.684540-08:00

Air Data News

Airbus A320 software glitch triggers global recall as airlines scramble to patch — hundreds of flights canceled

2025-11-28T11:48:37.123646-08:00

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Airbus completes 5,000+ A320 software fixes; most grounded jets return, about 100 remain offline Airbus has completed more than 5,000 urgent software updates to address an ELAC‑1 flight‑control defect, returning most A320‑family jets to service while roughly 100 aircraft remain grounded under an EASA Emergency AD. The FAA has issued Emergency AD 2025‑24‑51 to align U.S. operators.

2025-11-30T04:09:34.987059-08:00

Airbus completes 5,000+ A320 software fixes; most grounded jets return, about 100 remain offline

ANI News Agency

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Airbus A320 ELAC‑2 software bug triggers urgent safety directives; India reports 323 A320s upgraded, IndiGo completes 160 Airbus has confirmed a software defect in the A320 family's ELAC‑2 flight control computer that can produce uncommanded control movements without alerting crews, triggering urgent airworthiness directives and inspections. India's DGCA says carriers completed mandatory upgrades on 323 A320s — IndiGo upgraded 160 with minimal delays.

2025-11-29T15:39:11.322587-08:00

Airbus A320 ELAC‑2 software bug triggers urgent safety directives; India reports 323 A320s upgraded, IndiGo completes 160

Runway Girl

Hainan places mainland China's first A330-900neo into commercial service on Beijing–Hangzhou/Haikou Hainan Airlines has introduced the first Airbus A330neo into mainland Chinese commercial service, putting the A330-900neo into revenue flights in mid-November on Beijing–Hangzhou and Beijing–Haikou sectors. The deployment marks the neo family's operational debut in China and upgrades Hainan’s widebody offering on domestic trunk routes.

2025-11-29T14:09:33.527495-08:00

Hainan places mainland China's first A330-900neo into commercial service on Beijing–Hangzhou/Haikou

Flying Magazine

Boom's 2025 test flights draw NFL interest Boom Supersonic's planned 2025 flight-test program has drawn interest from the NFL, highlighting major sports leagues' focus on faster point-to-point travel. The tests mark a discrete development milestone for Boom as it progresses aircraft testing toward eventual commercial operations and market positioning.

2025-11-29T06:12:06.654879-08:00

Boom's 2025 test flights draw NFL interest

Air Data News

Embraer re-evaluates US$500m U.S. expansion after shift in U.S. tariffs on Brazilian aerospace products Embraer is reassessing a planned US$500 million expansion in the United States after recent changes in U.S. import tariffs on Brazilian aerospace products. The OEM says the tariff shift has altered the economics and timing of the investment as it reviews alternative industrial and supply‑chain options.

2025-11-29T02:42:57.074486-08:00

Embraer re-evaluates US$500m U.S. expansion after shift in U.S. tariffs on Brazilian aerospace products

Reuters

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Airlines rush to install EASA‑mandated A320 software fix — American, AirAsia, Viva and Volaris update fleets Following an urgent Airbus transmission and an EASA airworthiness directive, carriers including American Airlines, AirAsia, Viva and Volaris are implementing a three‑hour software patch or rollback across A320‑family fleets. American initially targeted about 340 aircraft (later reduced); operators expect multi‑hour maintenance windows, reprogramming and some cancellations.

2025-11-28T11:52:58.684540-08:00

Airlines rush to install EASA‑mandated A320 software fix — American, AirAsia, Viva and Volaris update fleets

Air Data News

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Airbus A320 software glitch triggers global recall as airlines scramble to patch — hundreds of flights canceled A software fault in Airbus's A320 family prompted a global recall and emergency updates after a JetBlue A320 incident, forcing carriers worldwide — including easyJet, All Nippon and multiple Asian operators — to install patches or ground aircraft, leading to hundreds of cancellations and major holiday disruption.

2025-11-28T11:48:37.123646-08:00

Airbus A320 software glitch triggers global recall as airlines scramble to patch — hundreds of flights canceled

Airbus

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Solar radiation corrupts A320 flight‑control software; EASA orders emergency fix as carriers warn of travel disruption EASA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive requiring operators to install a three‑hour software patch or rollback on in‑service Airbus A320 Family jets after analysis found intense solar radiation can corrupt flight‑control data. Regulators and national authorities warn multi‑hour maintenance windows could disrupt peak Thanksgiving operations.

2025-11-28T09:54:09.894869-08:00

Solar radiation corrupts A320 flight‑control software; EASA orders emergency fix as carriers warn of travel disruption

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