Available app updates will not load on my I pad air

I am assuming you have checked that your internet connection is working (browse some webpages using Safari or another browser)

If so, then close the App Store app (swipe up the window). Relaunch & try again.

if it's still not working, try signing out of iTunes & App Store

Settings->iTunes & App Store->tap on your Apple ID & select sign out from the drop-down menu.

Now sign back in, relaunch the App Store & try downloading again.

Close the App Store and reset the iPad.

Press the Home button two times quickly. You'll see small previews of your recently used apps. Swipe left to find the app you want to close. Swipe up on the app's preview to close it.

To reset the device, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

Have you tried connecting your iPad to iTunes on a computer, downloading the updates to iTunes then transferring them to your device?

DId you sign out then back in on your iPad?

Yes, updating the iOS might help. You might want to update the iOS through iTunes & not Over the Air. I have never had a problem installing updates over the air but updating through iTunes installs the iOS fresh on the device while an OTA update is a smaller upgrade installed on top of the existing iOS from what I understand.

Just a note, when transferring purchases from iTunes to the iPad, the apps will update but sometimes the badge app icon will remain until the next round of App updates & then it should adjust itself. That has been a bug some folks have experienced for a while, including myself.

OK, this is an older thread but may be the solution to your problem. There are 2 possible solutions offered:

App wont begin to download.. Stuck on spinning circle ios7

If the two suggestions in the discussion that jazcan posted for you don't work either, try resetting your router. It can't hurt. Unplug it from power for about 30 seconds and then plug it back in again. While you are waiting for the router to come back online again, turn WiFi off on your iPad, restart your iPad then turn WiFi on again and then try to update the apps.

In keeping with that same line of thinking, you can also try Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings. That will force you to join your home WiFi network again.

Yay! So glad you got it working 🙂

I am happy to hear that you resolved the problem as well. 🙂