A Latam Airlines Airbus A320 sits on the tarmac at Bogotá’s El Dorado Airport on November 28, 2025.
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American Airlines said Saturday that planes affected by the Airbus recall have received the necessary software fixes to return to service.
“As of 12:00 p.m. Central Time, there are no remaining aircraft of the 209 affected aircraft that require replacement,” the company said. “American Airlines does not expect any further operational impacts related to the Emergency Airworthiness Directive and looks forward to the remaining days of the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, especially Sunday, our busiest day for travelers.”
Thousands of travelers around the world are stranded after Airbus ordered an immediate software fix on 6,000 of its A320 series planes, a move that affected more than half of its narrow-body fleet and forced airlines to ground jets during one of the busiest weekends of the year.
The directive is one of the largest in the government’s 55-year history. airbus — quickly spread to holiday travel in the United States and even to Australia. Disruptions related to solar flares have hit Asia particularly hard, where the single-aisle A320 family supports short-haul networks.
united airlines The airline said six of its aircraft were affected and expected “minor disruption to a few flights.” delta airlines The airline said fewer than 50 of its Airbus A320s were affected.
Japanese ANA Holdings On Saturday, 95 domestic flights were canceled, affecting about 13,200 passengers. The company, along with affiliates such as Peach Aviation, operates Japan’s largest fleet of Airbus narrow-body aircraft. Japan Airlines It relies primarily on Boeing aircraft.
Air India is partly owned. singapore airlinesannounced that it had completed software updates on more than 40% of its affected aircraft and that while some flights were delayed or rescheduled, there were no cancellations.
Scoot, another airline within the Singapore Airlines Group, said 21 of its 29 A320s needed repairs and aimed to complete the work by Saturday.
In Australia, Jetstar Airways canceled around 90 flights after identifying 34 aircraft that needed software fixes.
A Jetstar spokesperson told CNBC: “As of 3:30pm (local time), 20 of the 34 affected aircraft were ready to return to service. The remaining aircraft were ready overnight and we expect to be able to return to service as scheduled on Sunday, November 30th.”
low-cost airlines and their parent companies; Qantas Airwaysare Australia’s national airlines, together accounting for approximately 65% of the domestic market. rival virgin australiaowns four A320s, with a 35% market share, and said it was not affected by the recall.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said in a directive on Friday: jet blue The October 30th flight experienced a “limited unordered pitchdown event.” The US Federal Aviation Administration also issued an emergency directive later that day, ordering operators of affected models to address the issue.
“Required modifications to some #A320 aircraft have caused significant logistical issues and delays since yesterday. … Our teams are working around the clock to ensure these updates are rolled out as quickly as possible to support operators and get aircraft back in the air and resume normal operations,” Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said in a LinkedIn post.
