Boeing keeps low profile at Paris Air Show

Airbus unveils wave of orders for new jets

- NIRAJ CHOKSHI LIZ ALDERMAN

Every other year, thousands of visitors flock to a Paris suburb for the Paris Air Show, one of the aerospace industry's biggest events. The atmosphere is typically celebratory, but the recent deadly crash of an Air India flight cast a shadow over the show this week.

The contrasting moods were apparent in the rivalry between two of the show’s most prominent aircraft manufacturers: Airbus and Boeing. Airbus said it had withheld some announcements, but still promoted a wave of orders for new commercial jets. Boeing kept an unusually low profile, reporting no deals. The company said it had cancelled some plans out of respect for those killed in the crash of Air India Flight 171 last week, which involved one of its 787 Dreamliner jets.