Airbus orders dominate the Paris Air Show as Boeing takes the back seat – again

Airbus Orders and new models filmed Center Stage as US rivals at this year’s Paris Air Show Boeing They spend yet another major industry event to keep them unobtrusive due to business disruption.

Airlines and manufacturers use air shows as an opportunity to buy flashy aircraft after months of negotiation. Some of them will be surrounded by events. Airbus had won nearly $21 billion on Thursday morning, following Reuters calculations.

It includes 132 corporate orders from customers such as Saudi leasing companies Avilease, Japan’s Ana and Poland’s Lot, according to a tally from the Aviation Advisory IBA.

Over the next two days, Boeing was completely restricted from the announcement, but Airbus ordered a wide-body A350 from Egypt Air and Starlux Airlines, focusing on the single-aisle 100 A321neos.

Aviation Asia Chief Tony Fernandez told CNBC on Thursday that he was discussing expanding the existing Airbus XLR orders in Paris. The new long-range, narrow aircraft of the Toulouse-based plain maker’s flagship – and hopes for an announcement within next month. The model, which began service last year, is set up to allow airlines to offer medium and long-haul routes at a lower price, thanks to reduced fuel costs.

Embraer also secured a key victory with a solid order of 60 for the E175 on Wednesday, along with more options.

The relatively quiet presence of Boeing in Paris does not indicate a crisis of wider demand for the sector. The manufacturer sealed many orders in May when President Donald Trump travels to the Middle East, including a 210 jet contract with Qatar Airways.

Meanwhile, both Boeing and Airbus have backlogs of aircraft with over 5,000 and 8,000 aircraft respectively, but there are numbers that have not been bumped into in nearly a decade as they are placed on industry challenges.

Air Lease Corp CEO John Plueger told CNBC earlier this week that the backlog means that it is always expected to be a restrained show in Paris compared to past 2023 years. The demand environment remains very robust,” Pruger said.

But this marks another year when Boeing was on the verge of aircraft flypusting and major promotional activities. It began in 2019 in the wake of two fatal crashes on the B737-MAX model, followed by a pandemic that plunged the industry into disruption, followed by an urgent exit door blowout, allegations of widespread quality control issues, and adoption by customers with an increasing number of customers exceeding delivery delays.

Just as 2025 appeared to represent the company’s provisional turning point, CEO Kelly Orttoberg appears to represent the company’s provisional turning point as he attends Paris, the Boeing Dreamliner’s first crash in last week’s Air India disaster. Ortberg retracted participation in the event and made few news outlets while saying the company was focusing on investigating the customer and the cause of the crash.

“Demand for new aircraft remains unprecedented and rivals only the demand for air travel passengers,” said Tony Payne, a partner at law firm DLA Piper.

He added that the order remains strong despite the “dark and reflective environment” that stakeholders “know the impact” that relaxation of standards can have.

“New aircraft and engine orders continue to be strong, but alongside a gloomy, reflective environment where stakeholders are well aware of the impact of easing standards.”

So, “mute” became the term of this week from a commercial aviation perspective, but defense accounts for almost half of the content of this year’s show, but it will play an unprecedented role in the upcoming NATO summit, where higher national security spending will be higher in Zenda. Included in transactions in this area Tales“A contract to build 48 new remote control gun systems for the French government.

“The consequences of the Air India accident” are hanging in Paris, Airbus CEO Guillaume Fawry told CNBC on Monday. “Even so, the industry’s momentum is very strong,” he continued, noting the specific demand for widebody aircraft that have been doing more than the narrow body market after the pandemic.

Dan Taylor, IBA’s head of consulting, told CNBC that Boeing and Airbus’ split this year “is more about context than about competition.”

“The recent order in the Middle East of Boeing’s diplomatic involvement and India’s quiet stance of its quiet stance may have affected the decline in visibility at the Paris Air Show. This is not a sign of weakening demand, but a deliberate pause amid a volatile geopolitical background and possible uncertainty in tariffs,” Taylor said.

“While airlines are busy reassessing their fleet strategies in light of the latest crisis, strong profitability, aging of the fleet, eased debt levels, and continued growth in GDP and travel demand in many regions all indicate the sustained long-term desire of new aircraft.”