PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - The first Paris Airshow in four years has clocked up billions of dollars in commercial jet orders and offered some respite for suppliers as air travel springs back sharply from the pandemic. The industry returned to Le Bourget with high expectations of commercial orders and low expectations regarding the supply chain, but generated a more balanced picture on both fronts. Announced orders reached near-record levels but were heavily dominated by two airlines leading the charge in India, the world's fastest growing market: IndiGo (INGL.NS) and Air India. A key focus of the show was how those planes will be produced after the pandemic disrupted supply chains. Several major companies said they had built up more buffer stocks and were seeing signs of improvement in supply chains.

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Persons: Le Bourget, Christian Scherer, Pieter Elbers, Sash Tusa, Tim Hepher, Mark Potter Organizations: Air India, Airbus, Boeing, IndiGo, Aero Systems, Agency Partners, Thomson Locations: Paris, India, COVID, Ukraine