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.

France will speed up acquisition for four of the aircraft, while Spain will take three of them earlier than had been planned, Airbus said in a June 17 statement. The move assures production stability at a rate of eight aircraft per year through 2028, says Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air warfare programs at Airbus.

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 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.

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.

At Paris Air Show 2025, Airbus presented updates on A400M, FCAS, UAVs, and satellites, stressing multirole platforms and faster European defense integration.

Airbus SE has been sounding out customers appetite for a longer version of its A220-300 jet that would give airlines more seating capacity but at the expense of range.