By Maitane Sardon
European airlines ITA Airways, easyJet and Wizz Air reported no operational disruptions as they moved swiftly to complete software updates on their Airbus A320 family aircraft following an emergency mandate.
On Friday, regulators issued an emergency order requiring airlines operating aircraft from the Airbus A320 family of planes to make certain software or hardware updates by Sunday. The mandate came after it was discovered that interference from intense solar radiation had corrupted data used for flight controls on an Airbus jet operated by JetBlue Airways in October.
Easyjet said that all required software updates had been completed across its operational fleet during the weekend, with its flying program running normally throughout. The U.K. budget airline said it had worked with regulators and Airbus to determine the necessary actions and backed its financial outlook for the year.
Italian carrier ITA Airways said its flight schedule remained unchanged and that passengers didn't experience any delays or cancellations after it launched an extraordinary maintenance program on Saturday morning to update some of its aircraft.
London-listed Wizz Air said it had identified 83 operational aircraft requiring the software changes, and reported no cancellations resulting from the work.
Write to Maitane Sardon at maitane.sardon@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
12-01-25 0320ET
