The agency writes that the planes had problems with the flight control software. Airbus plans to revert the software to an earlier version.
At the time of the release of the Airbus bulletin, about 3 thousand A320s were in the air for more than 350 operators, Reuters notes.
According to him, repair work in the USA, South America, Europe, India and New Zealand, where such aircraft models are operated, could potentially lead to delays and cancellations of flights.
The world's largest operator of A320 aircraft, American Airlines, said that 340 A320s out of 480 in stock would have to be repaired, and each aircraft would require about two hours of time.
Reuters emphasizes that a few weeks ago the A320 became the world's best-selling airliner model, overtaking the Boeing 737.
Airbus associated the need to fix the problems with an incident that occurred at the end of October in the United States with an A320 aircraft of the American airline JetBlue Airways, writes the Associated Press. Then the airliner, flying from Mexico to the American state of New Jersey, was forced to make an emergency landing in Florida after losing altitude, as a result of which 15 people were injured.
Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury, quoted by the company on Facebook on November 29, acknowledged that the need to repair the A320 is causing “significant logistical difficulties and delays.”
“I want to sincerely apologize to our airline passengers and the passengers who are currently affected. But we believe that nothing is more important than safety,” he explained.
