In Summary: Paris Air Show 2025

June 19, 2025

PARIS, 19 JUN | As we approach the end of the last trade day of Paris Air Show 2025, lets take a recap on all the major orders at the airshow. This week has surely been an eventful one, with numerous orders across all the days.

Airbus has truly dominated this year's airshow, with a grand total of 223 firm orders and 156 options. They are followed by Embraer with firm orders for 74 aircraft and 50 options, followed by ATR with firm orders for 17 aircraft and 10 options. Boeing is walking away from Paris Air Show 2025 with 0 new orders (excluding the ANA Group order announced in February, but finalised this week). However, with the ongoing situation of the recent Air India crash and Boeing's CEO cancelling his visit to the airshow, orders were unlikely to be announced.

In terms of aircraft models, the Airbus A320 family is walking away with the most orders, having 130 new firm orders. This is followed by Airbus's flagship A350 with 53 firm orders.

Day 1:

On the first day of the airshow, Airbus clinched most of its orders with 105 firm and 106 options. To start off the airshow, the very first order was placed by Saudi Arabian aircraft lessor, AviLease for 10 A350F freighters and 30 A320neo Family aircraft, including options for 12 additional A350F freighters and 25 more A320neo Family aircraft. This marked yet another dent into Boeing's dominance of the air freighter market as airlines select Airbus' A350F over their B777XF, despite Boeing having more popular freighters in the past.

This was shorly followed by a small order for De Havilland, with Barrick Gold Corporation ordering 1 Dash 8-400 aircraft to support their mining operational expansion. Pratt & Whitney also unveiled the "Hot Section Plus" (HS+), an upgrade for its PW1100G‑JM geared turbofan powering A320neo aircraft. Derived from the next-gen GTF Advantage engine, HS+ offers around 90–95% of its durability improvements- nearly doubling time on wing—using, and will be available starting in 2026 during scheduled maintenance.

Riyadh Air then placed their highly-anticipated order for 25 Airbus A350-1000 jets with options for 25 more to support operations on some of their longest flights. LOT Polish Airlines also placed an order for 20 Airbus A220-100s and 20 A220-300s, with options for 44 more- marking their very first Airbus order since its founding in 1928. The airline selected the type over Embraer's E-Jets, which they had previously leased 3 of.

Throughout Day 1, Japan's ANA Group had also confirmed all 3 parts of its order announced in February, comprising of Airbus, Boeing and Embraer aircraft. The airline ordered 24 A321neo, 3 A321XLR, 18 B787-9, 8 B737-8 and 15 E190-E2.

Day 2:

Day 2 was certainly a very interesting day, with not only orders but also Skytrax's yearly World Airline Awards. ANA, which has had a prominent presence at the airshow so far, started the day by unveiling their new game-changing Business Class seat- "THE Room FX" which would be retrofitted onto the airline's fleet of Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Following that, the largest order of the entire airshow was then placed by Vietnamese budget carrier, VietJet for 100 new Airbus A321neo jets, with options for 50 more.

Later in the afternoon, Skytrax crowned Qatar Airways as the World's Best Airline for a second time in a row. As usual, they were followed by Singapore Airlines then Cathay Pacific, which climbed from 5th position last year. As for the low-cost airlines, the top 3 were all Asian carriers with AirAsia clinching the winning title for 16 years in a row, followed by Singapore Airlines' subsidiary, Scoot and IndiGo. Starlux was also awarded the title of "World's Most Improved Airline". It had also received a 5-star airline rating for the first time, and jumped to 18th place in the World's Best Airline rankings from 34th place the previous year. Moreover, Air India had improved from 90th to 84th place in the World's Best Airline ranking following its merger with Vistara last year. Vistara was ranked 16 back in 2024.

Day 3:

Day 3 was quite eventful, and saw orders from Airbus, Embraer and ATR. To start off, Airbus' A350 Freighter clinched another order from logistics provider, MNG Airlines who signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for two aircraft. Shortly after, EgyptAir exercised their options for extra aircraft, with the airline placing a firm order for 6 additional Airbus A350-900 jets, in addition to 10 placed at the 2023 Dubai Air Show.

Embraer then clinched a huge order from Skywest Airlines, who operates regional services for major carriers such as American Airlines and Delta. The carrier placed a firm order for 60 E175s, with options for 50 more. South Africa's Airlink also announced they would be leasing 10 E195-E2 jets from lessor Azzora to refresh its aging all Embraer-fleet. Embraer also announced that Regional One would be the launch customer of the E190 Freighter, taking delivery of 2 units in the middle of this year and 2 more in time to come. JSX also placed an order with ATR for 15 ATR42-600 aircraft with options for 10 more.

The final order of the airshow was placed by Taiwanese carrier, Starlux for 10 more Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, in addition to 8 which were previously ordered. The carrier also announced that they will be launching flights to their first European destination next year, presumably using their incoming A350 jets.

Day 4:

Day 4 was rather uneventful, with no new orders. Unfortunately, Ethiopian Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, IndiGo and AirAsia did not place their rumoured orders at the Paris Air Show. The CEO of AirAsia/Capital A Group said that the group is focusing on restructuring, and will place their planned aircraft orders within the next 6 months. Air India had also previously been in discussions to acquire 30 to 40 wide body jets including the A350 and B777X at the Paris Air Show, but likely deferred the announcement to a later date due to the AI171 incident. Only time can tell to see if these orders materialise- hopefully during the Dubai Airshow later this year.

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