Rapid response by UK Airlines minimises disruption to passengers
- Tom and Dom Travel
- Nov 29, 2025
- 1 min read
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has provided an update on precautionary maintenance action required for some of the global Airbus A320 fleet.
Overnight, UK airlines have worked swiftly and closely with their airport partners to carry out the software update to the vast majority of the relevant aircraft. While some disruption had been anticipated, very few UK airline flights are affected and passengers are experiencing minimal impacts.
Following this work, only a small number of aircraft operated by UK carriers are still awaiting a software/hardware change. Given the spare aircraft capacity airlines have, especially at this time of year, we are not expecting any significant passenger disruption.
Rob Bishton, Chief Executive at the UK Civil Aviation Authority, said:
“I want to thank the airlines for working at pace to take this precautionary maintenance action.
“Thanks to their diligent and swift efforts, UK aviation has come together to minimise significant passenger disruption.”
We also thank colleagues at the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for their clarity and support.
