The grounding of thousands of Airbus planes due to software issues has had “no impact” on flights at Jersey Airport.
Around 6,000 A320 planes were thought to be affected by the problem, which leaves planes vulnerable to interference from the sun – but many were able to fly again within hours after undergoing a software update.
The UK’s aviation regulator said there would be “some disruption and cancellations to flights”, but the local impact appears to be limited.
In a post on social media, Jersey Airport confirmed it had seen “no impact to flights so far”.
The Airbus issue was discovered during an investigation into an incident in which a plane flying between the US and Mexico last month suddenly lost altitude.
The JetBlue Airways flight made an emergency landing in Florida after at least 15 people were injured.
As well as the A320, the company’s best-selling aircraft, the vulnerability also impacts the A318, A319 and the A321 models.
On the majority of Airbus planes, the issue can be addressed using a relatively simple software update which would typically take about three hours.
But older versions of the aircraft will need to have onboard computers physically replaced, and will not be allowed to carry passengers again until this has been completed.