American Airlines says all planes impacted by Airbus glitch have been fixed

American Airlines said Saturday that planes affected by the Airbus recall have received the software fixes needed to resume flying.

“As of 12 noon CT, none of the 209 affected aircraft remained to be updated,” the company said. “American expects there will be no 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 highest travel day.”

Thousands of passengers around the world were stranded after Airbus ordered urgent software fixes for 6,000 A320-series planes, a move that affected more than half of the narrow-body fleet and forced airlines to ground planes during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

This directive – one of the largest in its 55-year history airbus – rapidly spread to American holiday travel and spread to Australia. Disruption linked to solar flares hit Asia particularly hard, where the single-aisle A320 family operates short-haul networks.

United Airlines It said six aircraft in its fleet were affected and the carrier expected “minor disruption to some flights”. delta air lines said less than 50 of its Airbus A320 fleet were affected.

from japan ANA Holdings 95 domestic flights were canceled on Saturday, affecting around 13,200 passengers. The carrier, along with partners such as Peach Aviation, operates the country’s largest Airbus narrow-body fleet, while rival japan airlines Mostly dependent on Boeing aircraft.

Air India, which is partly owned by Singapore AirlinesAirtel said it had completed software updates on more than 40% of its affected planes and no flights were cancelled, although some flights were delayed or rescheduled.

Scoot, another carrier under Singapore Airlines Group, said 21 of its 29 A320s needed repairs and it aimed to complete the work by Saturday.

In Australia, Jetstar Airways canceled approximately 90 flights after identifying 34 aircraft requiring software fixes.

“As of 3:30 p.m. local time, 20 of the 34 affected aircraft are ready to return to service. We are expecting the remaining aircraft to be ready overnight, allowing flights to resume as planned on Sunday, November 30,” a Jetstar spokesperson told CNBC.

The budget airline and its parent company, Qantaswhich is the national flag carrier of Australia, with about 65% of the domestic market. rival virgin australiawhich has four A320s in its fleet and a 35% share, said it was unaffected by the recall.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said in a directive on Friday that a jetblue On October 30, the flight experienced an “uncontrolled and limited pitch down event”. The US Federal Aviation Administration also issued an emergency directive later that day, ordering operators of affected models to resolve the glitch.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said in a LinkedIn post: “Required fixes on some #A320 aircraft are causing significant logistical challenges and delays starting yesterday. … Our teams are working around the clock to support our operators and ensure these updates are deployed as fast as possible to get planes back in the sky and resume normal operations.”