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

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.

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.

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.

Airbus has secured a new multi-billion pound jet deal. Vietjet, Vietnam’s largest private airline, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus covering a major new order for 100 single-aisle A321neo aircraft, with the potential to add another 50 in the future.

French CRS police walk past the Israeli Defense Ministry stand which remains open under protection as the four main Israeli company stands at the Paris Airshow have been shut down by organizers during the 55th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 16, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

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

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.

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.