Flight cancellations and departure delays have occurred all over the world as large-scale recall orders were discovered on Airbus' flagship A320 airliner, which operates more than 10,000 aircraft around the world due to software abnormalities.
According to Reuters on the 28th (local time), Air France-KLM Group cancelled 35 flights departing on the same day due to Airbus's recall notice.
Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operated by the Air France-KLM Group are airlines that Koreans often use when traveling to Europe, so it is expected that Korean travelers will also be partially affected.
Lufthansa and Air New Zealand also explained that some flights are expected to be cancelled and delayed this weekend.
American Airlines, which has the largest number of A320 aircraft in the world, announced that 340 of its 480 A320 airliners are subject to the recall.
The airline predicts that most software updates will be completed by the 29th, as it takes 2 hours per flight to take the necessary measures.
In addition, airlines such as Air India, EasyJet, and Volaris also anticipated some disruptions to operations due to this recall.
However, in the case of some airlines that operate older aircraft that require hardware replacement rather than a software update method, the aftermath of the recall situation may be prolonged.
Colombian airline Avianca suspended ticket sales until December 8, saying that serious flight disruptions are inevitable for the next 10 days due to the recall affecting more than 70% of its airliners.
The A320 series airliner was subject to a recall because it was investigated that a dangerous sharp decline could occur due to a piloting software error.
As an emergency order from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the airliners must replace or modify the problematic software before they can fly again.
There are approximately 11,300 A320 airliners in operation around the world, but Airbus did not specify the number of airliners subject to this recall in its recall statement. Reuters reports that the target airliners are about 6000.
