Airbus was expected to walk away from the air show with about 110 orders and commitments worth about $6.5 billion.
At last year's global aerospace bazaar, held in Farnborough, England, Airbus and Boeing together had $54 billion in new jet orders and commitments.
It now has 678 orders and commitments for the series, which is due to start flying later this year with Lufthansa's Swiss subsidiary.
Airbus was expected to walk away from Le Bourget, where the air show was held, with about 110 new orders and commitments worth about $6.5 billion.
That said, Airbus was doing its best on Wednesday to tout the success of its revamped single-aisle jet, announcing more than 160 new A320neo orders and commitments.
Airbus chalked up $11 billion in new jet orders and commitments on Tuesday, bringing its total haul for the first two days of the show to more than $26 billion.
Airbus and Boeing together had $93 billion in new jet orders and commitments in Paris this year, more than double the $42 billion in deals struck at the last major international aviation bazaar, in Farnborough, England, in July 2010.
LE BOURGET, France -- The world's biggest aircraft manufacturers affirmed the industry's strengthening recovery Monday, announcing more than $26 billion in orders and commitments for more than 200 new commercial planes.
His comments came as Airbus and Boeing announced signed orders and commitments for more than $36 billion worth of new jets on Wednesday, bringing the total haul for the world's two largest jet makers nearly $80 billion in three days.
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