The plane company stated that less than 100 Airbus A320 jets were still grounded on Monday for an urgent software update. Last week, they said that 6,000 planes were affected.
Airbus noted in a news statement, “The vast majority have now received the necessary changes.”
“We are working with our airline customers to help them change the last 100 or so planes so they can be put back into service.”
On Friday, Europe’s largest plane maker told its customers to take “immediate precautionary action” to replace software.
People were worried that hundreds of planes would have to stay on the ground for a long time after the news.
But a few of the biggest European airlines reported that there had been few or no cancellations as a result.
Avianca, a Colombian airline, reported that 70% of its fleet had been affected and warned of “significant disruptions in the next 10 days.” It stopped selling tickets until December 8.
Airbus sent out its warning after looking into a technical problem on a JetBlue flight in October. The problem showed that strong sun radiation could damage important data for the flying controls.
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