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Manchester Airport has issued a statement after several UK airlines were required to carry out a software update in some Airbus A320 aircraft.

Passengers across the world have been told to expect 'limited' travel disruption over this weekend due to the recall. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the main certifying authority for the A320 family of aircraft, issued the instruction on Friday night as a 'precautionary action'.

As many as 6,000 Airbus planes may have been affected and airlines will have to change the software or remain on the ground. Although not all A320 planes will require a software update, several UK airlines have these aircraft in their fleet and could be impacted, the EASA said.

Wizz Air, EasyJet and Jet2 are the UK airlines mos

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