After the announcement of airlines such as Volaris about possible cancellations for a urgent update of flight control systems issued by the manufacturer Airbus in A319, A320 and A321 aircraftthe Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) reported that the verification and technical supervision work in Mexico was completed.
The AFAC explained that 93 Viva Aerobus aircraft y Volaris 90 They complied with the manufacturer’s directive and were subject to the update, completing it satisfactorily.
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Although the airlines warned about possible delays and cancellations On the flights, during the course of Saturday they confirmed that the activities were carried out as scheduled, without major setbacks in the air operation.
In coordination with the Regional and Airport Commandsthe AFAC stressed that it will continue, together with air operators, to maintain surveillance to ensure the correct execution of the new technical measure to privilege the operational safetyits continuity and user protection.
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During the afternoon of Friday, November 28, Volaris warned in a statement, that Airbusmanufacturer of its aircraft, notified thata software update must be performedin a large part of theA320 family aircraft globally.
“To comply with this indication,Volaris will proceed to carry out the update throughout its fleet. Most updates will be completed between Saturday and Sunday, whichwill cause cancellations and delays across our entire route network for the next 48 to 72 hours.Subsequently, we returned to operational normality,” they said in the statement.