FAA Tightens Rules on Airbus A330 Maintenance Checks
Published Date: 6/23/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The FAA is updating safety rules for certain Airbus A330 airplanes to keep them flying safely. If you own or maintain these planes, you’ll need to follow new, stricter maintenance checks soon. These changes help prevent problems and keep everyone safe, with some deadlines to meet and no surprise costs expected.
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Owners must adopt stricter maintenance rules
If you own or maintain certain Airbus A330 airplanes, you must revise your maintenance or inspection program to add new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. The FAA proposes these changes to keep the airplanes safe, and the rule says there will be some deadlines to meet.
Existing AD actions stay until program is updated
The proposed rule would keep certain actions from AD 2024-08-05 in place until your maintenance or inspection program is revised to include the new, more restrictive airworthiness limitations. That means you must keep following those prior actions until you make the required program changes.
Rule targets specific Airbus A330 models
The proposal would supersede AD 2024-08-05 and applies to certain Airbus SAS Model A330-200 series, A330-200 Freighter series, A330-300 series, A330-841, and A330-941 airplanes. If you operate or maintain those specific models, this proposed AD is targeted at you.
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