AirAsia entered the Paris Air Show with a record order for 200 revamped A320neo jets plus 100 options, an $18.2 billion deal making the Malaysian firm Airbus's largest airline.

As per agencies report, AirAsia chief executive and Formula One boss Tony Fernandes flew into France overnight to sign off on what one Paris brokerage termed an "amazing" 200-plane deal, which is also seen as a coup for engine maker CFM International.

The deal wraps up a frenetic Paris Air Show which confirmed a strong rebound in Asian demand and sent industry records clattering like an airport departure board. It also marks an attempt by Airbus to prove the case for its decision to update the best-selling A320 passenger plane, the backbone of low-cost airlines, and put pressure on rival Boeing which is undecided whether to match or trump that move.

The AirAsia order eclipsed a $16 billion order for 180 aircraft from India's Indigo, sealed on Wednesday, as the biggest ever civil aircraft order by the number of planes.