# 2025-20927: FAA Finds New Safety Problems With Popular Airbus Jets

2025-20927, Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes, is a Federal Register rule from Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration published 2025-11-25, effective 2025-12-30 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20927
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20927
- Title: Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 53206
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-12-30
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 2120-AA64
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

FAA Finds New Safety Problems With Popular Airbus Jets

## Summary

If you fly or maintain certain Airbus A350 airplanes, heads up! The FAA is updating safety rules that require tougher maintenance checks to keep these planes safe. These new rules kick in December 30, 2025, and might mean some extra work but help prevent problems in the sky.

## Abstract

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023-02- 18, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A350-941 and -1041 airplanes. AD 2023-02-18 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2023-02- 18, the FAA has determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD continues to require certain actions in AD 2023-02-18, and requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Effects PRIA read

- Required maintenance program revisions: cost, high. If you operate certain Airbus A350-941 or -1041 airplanes (original airworthiness or export certificate issued on or before August 1, 2024), you must revise your maintenance or inspection program to incorporate the new airworthiness limitations in EASA AD 2024-0189. The AD is effective December 30,…
- Estimated compliance labor and cost: cost, high. The FAA estimates this AD affects 34 U.S.-registered A350 airplanes and estimates labor costs per operator of $7,650 (90 work‑hours × $85/hour) for the previously retained actions and $7,650 (90 work‑hours × $85/hour) for the newly required actions.
- Allowance for later ALS revisions: benefit, low. The FAA confirms operators may use applicable later approved revisions of the Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) to comply with this AD, per the EASA AD 2024-0189 reference publications policy. That provides operators flexibility to follow later-approved ALS revisions when meeting the AD requi…

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## Sources
- [2025-20927 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20927/airworthiness-directives-airbus-sas-airplanes)
- [2025-20927 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20927.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20927 (as of 2026-06-11).