Global consulting firm IBA predicted 908 Firm/MoU orders prior to the show and looking at the headline numbers FAS18 managed to get a total of 996 Firm/MoU orders being announced (adjusted for ones already previously announced), only nine less than last year at Paris. A strong push on LoI’s (222) and options pushed the total number to 1,364, a number that hasn’t been surpassed since the Paris 2013 show. As the IBA.iQ chart below indicates, the trend of oil price and airshow orders broadly continues, however the mix within the different sectors is disordered.