Airbus, which added Vietnam’s VietJet to its list of customers, has a backlog of more than a decade at current build rates.

The second day of Paris Air Show 2025 is well underway with defense giants dominating the early headlines, but Airbus later swept in with a huge Vietjet order.

European aeroplane manufacturer Airbus announced Saudi and Polish orders for more than 100 aircraft at the Paris Air Show on Monday while US rival Boeing f

Airbus was closing in on an order for 100 single-aisle aircraft from VietJet on Tuesday, with an announcement pencilled in for the Paris Airshow barring a last-minute setback in negotiations, industry sources said.

Wizz Air has selected Pratt & Whitney engines to power up to 177 Airbus A321neos on order from the European aircraft manufacturer.

Industry proposed the 11-metric-ton MALE drone to preserve homegrown uncrewed air system development capability at a time when European governments were buying U.S. and Israeli platforms.

Airbus SE said the governments of France and Spain agreed to fast-track some deliveries of the slow-selling A400M military transport aircraft as the main nations supporting the program seek to keep production going.

Airbus is encouraged by preliminary data analysis of CFM's RISE engine but the airframer's propulsion engineering chief insists that the open-rotor technology has still to cement its case for selection against geared-fan alternatives.

At Embraer, Shibata finalized a deal for 15 firm E190-E2s plus five options. The order, which had been previously announced, will mark the first E2s to be operated in Japan. The aircraft are scheduled to begin deliveries from 2028.

The bid to sell the H145 light utility helicopter comes more than eight years after Poland scrapped a purchase of Airbus H225M tactical-transport helos.