Israeli airlines have largely escaped disruption from Airbus's emergency software recall, which grounded around 6,000 A320 passenger jets globally. The recall was prompted by an incident linked to solar radiation corrupting flight control data, leading to a sharp altitude loss on a JetBlue flight. While Arkia and Israir, Israel's budget carriers, operate Airbus jets, only one of their planes required an update, and no flights were affected. El Al, Israel's main airline, was unaffected as it operates only Boeing aircraft. The mass grounding has caused significant delays worldwide, but Israeli airlines expect their affected jets to return to service quickly.