when new A320 for MFS released?

[zheng song]

when new A320 for MFS released?

[Norman Blackburn]

Hi @zheng song

Whilst I can't give dates or timelines, we continue to work on bringing our existing P3D products to MSFS.

[Nadeem Zabaneh]

24 minutes ago, Norman Blackburn said:

Hi @zheng song

Whilst I can't give dates or timelines, we continue to work on bringing our existing P3D products to MSFS.

Hi Norman,

Could you just shed more light on Lefteris " a few days " post a while back when SU5 was released? All of us are eager to know the timeline on that. Could you share more news on the upcoming update? 

Thank you

[Norman Blackburn]

1 hour ago, Nadeem Zabaneh said:

Could you just shed more light on Lefteris " a few days " post

Thats something for him to elaborate on, sorry!

[Claas Krause]

As many people have pointed out before, previewing timelines and development schedules is somewhat of a lose-lose situation. On one hand, people tend to treat tentative timelines as fixed commitments, even though new updates from Asobo or other unforeseen issues can always impact development. On the other hand, many users do not really enjoy fragmented sneak peeks spread out over weeks or months either — most would simply prefer a polished and well-rounded product when it is finally released.

Even massive AAA productions like GTA VI remain relatively quiet despite already having a release window. Granted, GTA VI is probably an economic event comparable to a small country going to war or a natural disaster affecting markets! 😄

In any case, as much as we would all appreciate a steady flow of information, ultimately all we can do is wait and keep the hype alive within the community.

That said, I think it makes sense to communicate the community’s main and reasonable wishes for the upcoming A320neo.

Personally, after upgrading to an RTX 5090 (partly because of the FSL), VRAM is no longer an issue for me, although I still remember previous FSL products being quite VRAM intensive.

What I would personally love to see most is improved GSX integration — ideally without having to remote-control GSX externally all the time, or at least a more robust MCDU integration. With the constant stream of GSX updates lately, it feels increasingly difficult to keep everything working reliably.

In general, I would also love to see a more responsive EFB. Right now, it feels somewhat sluggish and laggy in daily use, which makes me avoid using it more than I would like.

The A320neo will definitely be an instant purchase for me.

A few additional wishes:

• Customizable cabins for livery creators would be fantastic.
• A slightly refined external model could be nice as well.
• Some general sound improvements would be very welcome.

Overall, really looking forward to the A320neo.

[Nadeem Zabaneh]

On 5/16/2026 at 12:51 PM, Norman Blackburn said:

Thats something for him to elaborate on, sorry!

Hi @Lefteris Kalamaras Would you be able to advise?  Thank you. 

[TRUONG An]

15 hours ago, Claas Krause said:

The A320neo will definitely be an instant purchase for me.

I agree, for me also 😄

[Maximiliano Gonzalez]

I just suggested that to a friend; FSLabs should have the A320neo. Definite purchase.

[Andrew Curry]

On 5/16/2026 at 8:49 AM, Norman Blackburn said:

Hi @zheng song

Whilst I can't give dates or timelines, we continue to work on bringing our existing P3D products to MSFS.

Does that include Concorde?

[Vladyslav Kostiukov]

20 hours ago, Andrew Curry said:

Does that include Concorde?

I really hope so, because this is the only product left in P3D, and I've been waiting for it as well.

[Claas Krause]

On 5/28/2026 at 2:04 AM, Maximiliano Gonzalez said:

I just suggested that to a friend; FSLabs should have the A320neo. Definite purchase.

YES! Can´t wait to get the FSLabs vibes for those shorter flights with the cute A320 ... With ToLiss being absent for MSFS2024 with their smaller Airbuses, FSLabs shall be the premium choice for high fidelity and true to the original systems and SOPs

btw the latest pushbacks via the MCDU worked perfectly fine. if that system is stable it´s really good.

[Henrik Isaksen]

I also hope FSLabs intends on putting out the A320NEO before bringing over the rest of the CEO fleet. I would imagine it would be in their intrest to beat Fenix to it as well which seems rather doable! Hoping to fly some payware NEO within the years end at least

[Claas Krause]

On 6/20/2026 at 9:17 PM, Henrik Isaksen said:

I also hope FSLabs intends on putting out the A320NEO before bringing over the rest of the CEO fleet. I would imagine it would be in their intrest to beat Fenix to it as well which seems rather doable! Hoping to fly some payware NEO within the years end at least

I’m sure there’s absolutely enough room for both development teams.

FSLabs, on the other hand, is more of an acquired taste, with a highly loyal and passionate community (sometimes bordering on a love-hate relationship 😉). That community consistently praises the true-to-life MEL system, the deeper systems simulation and flight model, as well as the MCDU/ATSU workflow, which genuinely feels closer to operating a real aircraft than anything offered by other developer studios.

If you’re fortunate enough to have the horsepower in your rig, performance can be smooth, and the overall experience is lovely - arguably superior in several respects.

I’m sure they can still raise the bar a notch when it comes to textures, both inside and out, perhaps with a custom cabin and a few other refinements.

Sorry for the rambling - I’m just excited about what the future will bring.

 

Have a sweet Sunday.

[John Nesbit]

On 5/16/2026 at 12:49 AM, Norman Blackburn said:

Hi @zheng song

Whilst I can't give dates or timelines, we continue to work on bringing our existing P3D products to MSFS.

Oh Man, does this mean i will have to abandon MSFS2020 and instead move over to MSFS2024??? 😁

[Claas Krause]

8 minutes ago, John Nesbit said:

Oh Man, does this mean i will have to abandon MSFS2020 and instead move over to MSFS2024??? 😁

yes please! 🙂 

[John Nesbit]

1 minute ago, Claas Krause said:

yes please! 🙂 

ok... i suppose it is that time..... 

[Paul Hand]

15 hours ago, John Nesbit said:

ok... i suppose it is that time..... 

I was a holdout for ages and finally made the switch a couple of months back. Once over the learning curve with set-up, it’s been a great experience, particularly with loading times. 

[Nadeem Zabaneh]

Hi @Lefteris Kalamaras Any kind updates you can share on the progress of release please? Thanks a lot in advance! 

Keep up the great work! 

[Claas Krause]

with the new update out - maybe we can hope for the A320 Neo in the upcoming 2 months.

yay. looking forward

[John Nesbit]

On 7/5/2026 at 12:33 AM, Paul Hand said:

I was a holdout for ages and finally made the switch a couple of months back. Once over the learning curve with set-up, it’s been a great experience, particularly with loading times. 

I purchased 2024 yesterday.. So far so good...

 

[John Nesbit]

On 7/9/2026 at 9:50 AM, Claas Krause said:

with the new update out - maybe we can hope for the A320 Neo in the upcoming 2 months.

yay. looking forward

I think I'm asking too much when i say this, but I'm hoping for the 320NEO (please please pretty please JA JA JA) as well as the A319 (NEO or CEO), just hoping to have the legacy P3d product line brought into the MSFS platform.

[Claas Krause]

2 hours ago, John Nesbit said:

I think I'm asking too much when i say this, but I'm hoping for the 320NEO (please please pretty please JA JA JA) as well as the A319 (NEO or CEO), just hoping to have the legacy P3d product line brought into the MSFS platform.

We can probably expect the A320neo next. Given the obvious competition, it’s likely in FSLabs’ best interest not to release it too late. That said, it’ll be ready when it’s ready. It could be August, it could be September, or it could even be October.

[Claas Krause]

3 hours ago, John Nesbit said:

I purchased 2024 yesterday.. So far so good...

 

and - are you happy thus far? 

[John Nesbit]

1 hour ago, Claas Krause said:

We can probably expect the A320neo next. Given the obvious competition, it’s likely in FSLabs’ best interest not to release it too late. That said, it’ll be ready when it’s ready. It could be August, it could be September, or it could even be October.

Or Christmas..  Im waiting patiently, I dont subscribe much to instant gratification... LOL

[John Nesbit]

50 minutes ago, Claas Krause said:

and - are you happy thus far? 

I am happy and actually from what i have seen so far, i love the graphics and the fact that (as far as i can tell) most my 3rd party airports and most of the airplanes I have already purchased SEEM to also be compatible with 2024 AND 2020. Although I have recently learned that compatible and native mean two very different things in MSFS 2024. Im a little confused (but I am a quick study) with the UI menu and the setup processes however as I am perfectly happy just flying hub to spoke, high altitude, study level airliners with the most realistic weather i can find. The selling point for me to go to 2024 is the streaming versus the local storage. And I have heard that 2024 makes better usage of the processors cores so maybe underneath the hood 2024 is a  better simulator than 2020.. 

[Claas Krause]

1 hour ago, John Nesbit said:

I am happy and actually from what i have seen so far, i love the graphics and the fact that (as far as i can tell) most my 3rd party airports and most of the airplanes I have already purchased SEEM to also be compatible with 2024 AND 2020. Although I have recently learned that compatible and native mean two very different things in MSFS 2024. Im a little confused (but I am a quick study) with the UI menu and the setup processes however as I am perfectly happy just flying hub to spoke, high altitude, study level airliners with the most realistic weather i can find. The selling point for me to go to 2024 is the streaming versus the local storage. And I have heard that 2024 makes better usage of the processors cores so maybe underneath the hood 2024 is a  better simulator than 2020.. 

Yeah, it’s really quite whimsical how many things already work while others still don’t. Pink chequered liveries or other weird texture / graphics instances bc apparently msfs2024 handles these things quite differently.

Did you notice FBW’s switch with the A380 from the version that basically worked in both simulators? Those were essentially MSFS 2020 ports. Now they’ve gone fully native for 2024 and the performance boost has been massive.

Of course, I’m not remotely qualified to assess the technical side of things, but from an outsider’s perspective it makes perfect sense. MSFS 2024 handles certain aspects quite differently ... lighting in particular. Ever wondered why the A321neo’s lighting looks so drastically bright and cold? That might very well be part of the reason. Anyone with a better technical understanding is more than welcome to chime in.

I suppose the jump from a 2020 port to a fully native 2024 implementation will be massive for FSLabs as well. And with further optimization and a broader product lineup, I’m convinced the ’Labs will absolutely hold their own against the competition.

What many people seem to overlook—and I’ve seen this countless times on Discord whenever someone asks, “Hey, what do you think of FSLabs?” ... is that there’s almost always one or two people who immediately trash the performance. So the interest is definitely there, especially right now, with no Fenix Neos on the horizon.

So MSFS 2020 had no streaming at all? You basically downloaded the map areas you wanted to fly in? That’s actually really interesting.

To be honest, I’d quite like the option to preload certain parts of the world. Maybe on a per-flight basis, or perhaps just particularly demanding areas like mountain regions. For me, having most of Europe available locally would probably be enough. No idea what that would amount to in terms of storage, though. And with my internet connection (hello, Germany) ... topping out at a rather mediocre 100 Mbps…

Yeah, the 2024 UI is pretty gruesome, but since I never owned 2020, I never experienced that dramatic downgrade everyone keeps talking about.

Part of the excitement for me is simply that it’s the shiny new thing. I always like jumping into betas as early as possible and seeing where things go from there.

But every time I watch someone streaming XP12, I’m genuinely fascinated by how it somehow looks both worse and better at the same time. The movement ... even of the ground vehicles - the clouds, the weather, the rain… everything has this subtle sense of realism that’s just one notch above MSFS 2024. Of course, MSFS absolutely wins when it comes to screenshots and overall visual fidelity, but there’s something about XP12’s atmosphere and motion that feels incredibly convincing. I honestly don’t know what kind of magic sauce Laminar put into that sim.

So yeah, happy to have you on board! Let’s see where all of this goes ...and hopefully MSFS 2024 can pick up a few tricks from X-Plane 12 along the way.

[John Nesbit]

@Claas Krause Oh no, MSFS 2020 (the store version) did stream, but I think with the 2024 Steam version its mostly a streaming service. I also, am not qualified to discuss or even understand completely the computer technical side, that's what Google is for. 🤣 I had the A380 FBW in 2020 and dumped it - I was not a big fan, but I think a certain content creator did a short about the performance boost there with that specific topic and airplane. XP12 is very nice, probably top of the line in terms of actual simulation dynamics and aircraft handling. They definitely have some magic sauce over there. ASOBO on the other hand still needs some work. But one thing they have is almost a monopoly on the flight simulation market. They cater to a different crowd than XP12 or even P3d did back in the day. I remember in the beginning when 2020 was more like a cartoon with no flying reality whatsoever, almost like a very expensive GTA. But going forward I really enjoy, and have enjoyed, FSLabs products and never really had any serious issues with them. Like you said, there is always a few bad apples in the very large sea of apple trees. I suppose that most of the 3rd party airplanes are port overs then from 2020? Today I will do my first flight in MSFS 2024 and see how I get along. I spent most of the day yesterday and the morning today messing around in the 2024 menus and setting it up. Not very interested in career mode or anything like that. Maybe I think 2024 will grow on me if not then it was an incredible waste of money which is why I'm not dumping 2020 entirely. Not ready or comfortable yet to commit to 2024 entirely.

[Claas Krause]

love your train of thought! haha! very expensive GTA, indeed