Large number of airplane orders reached during Paris Air Show

A series of commercial airplane orders has been reached on the opening day of the 50th International Paris Air Show on Monday, according to media reports. Taken place at Le Bourget exhibition centre just outside Paris Monday, the 50th International Paris Air Show will last until June 23. Industry heavyweights Airbus and Boeing each have pocketed deals. For Airbus, the Doric aircraft financing group has provided a provisional order of 20 superjumbo A380 airliners with a catalogue price of about 8.0 billion U.S. dollars on Monday. In contrast, Boeing is getting purchase commitment of the leasing company GECAS on Monday in buying 10 of Boeing's next-generation Dreamliner 787-10 planes for 2.9 billion U.S. dollars. Besides, Qatar Airways has extended two firm orders and seven option orders for Boeing of nine of its long-haul 777-300ER planes with a total value of 2.8 billion U.S. dollars at catalogue prices. On Monday, Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer launched its new family of E2 regional jets and announced it has pocketing 100 firm orders and 215 intentions to buy the aircraft from the customers including U.S. regional airline SkyWest and U.S. leasing company ILFC.