Airbus case, much noise (almost) for nothing: A320s operate regularly. But in the coming days watch out for your flight

For now, the situation is 'much ado about nothing' in the sense that the apocalypse of the heavens consequent to the Airbus 'recall' concerning about 6 thousand A320 family aircraft, evoked by many newspapers and websites, did not even remotely occur.

To realize this, just look on flightradar24 at the operations at our home airports of Linate, Malpensa and Fiumicino, which are high density Airbus A319, A320 and A321 since, in addition to being served with that type of aircraft by many European airlines, they are bases for carriers such as ITA, easyJet, and Wizz Air that have fleets consisting entirely or largely of 320 family aircraft.

There is some delay here and there, but it is 'physiological' stuff: 15-20 minutes.

Around the world, it was worse for carriers in the Far East and Oceania, which found Airbus communication 'in the way' not late Friday afternoon, with all night available to carry out the maintenance required by the European manufacturer on their aircraft, but (due to time zone issues) on the morning of Saturday 29, when the respective flight safety agencies' directive went into effect.

Thus, for example, Air New Zealand stopped its A320s while All Nippon Airways in Japan canceled 95 flights.

In Europe, however, there has been almost no impact. EasyJet, whose fleet consists entirely of Airbus A319s, A320s and A321s, explains in a note that it has "already initiated, and in many cases completed, the necessary software upgrades on a large part of its fleet." And because of this it plans "to operate its flight schedule regularly on Saturday."

Wizz Air confirms that the software upgrade required by Airbus was successfully implemented overnight on all of its affected Airbus A320 family aircraft. All flights today are operational, and no further disruptions are expected due to the problem.

"Safety remains the airline's top and overriding priority, and we continue to uphold the highest standards in every aspect of our operations," said Diarmuid O Conghaile, Wizz Air's Chief Operating Officer. "I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to our dedicated WIZZ colleagues who worked tirelessly throughout the night to execute the upgrades quickly and efficiently. Their efforts ensured that our passengers could travel as planned, despite the challenges faced."

Lufthansa Group, of which ITA Airways is also a member., anticipates that there will be a "small number of flight cancellations or delays over the weekend." and that it has already scheduled the necessary work. Air France has grounded 41 of its A320s for the required upgrade.

In short, the advice, during the week ahead, is to promptly check the operability and punctuality of your flight, taking less for granted than usual that our plane is there, nice and ready to wait for us at the airport and that everything is running smoothly.

The 'concern' does not, of course, concern those who have a flight with Ryanair, the only airline in Europe that does not have Airbus aircraft in its fleet, only Boeing 737s.

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