Two French 'Tigre' helicopters fly over Le Bourget airport on June 17, 2013, north of Paris, on the opening day of the International Paris Air show which will be held until June 23, 2013. (Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images)

If the Paris Air Show is anything to go by, flying is about to get faster, greener, and more comfortable.

The 50th anniversary of the exhibition, which runs from June 17 to 23 and includes 2,215 exhibitors, will feature new models from Boeing and Airbus in addition to other experimental aircraft.

Airbus, a French company, had its first successful test flight of the A350 XWB model (XWB stands for "extra wide body") earlier in June and is expected to rival Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, according to CNN. USA Todayalso reported thatboth the A350 and Boeing's 787 are the first commercial jets constructed with lightweight carbon composites, which enhances their fuel efficiency.

The A350 XWB is anticipated to make a flyover at the Paris Air Show this year, and Boeing is expected to formally launch its 787-10 model. Both companies have already made dozens of sales to various international airlines, said CNN.

Besides the attempts between the two companies to one-up each other, a number of other eco-friendly planes are making their debut at the Air Show.

The Gulfstream G650, the fastest business jet of its kind, enables passengers "to fly non-stop from Paris to Los Angeles or Paris to Hong Kong at nine-tenths of the speed of sound," said Steve Case, Vice President of Communications at Gulfstream Aerospace in an interview with The Telegraph. The jet also features a 15 percent reduction in fuel consumption.

The "E-Fan" plane is an innovative project by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company. The electrically-thrusted aircraft has battery packs in its wings and an electrical taxiing system, said The Telegraph.

It's not just experimental planes that are aiming to be more eco-friendly. "Aircraft engines are 30 percent more fuel-efficient than they were 15 or 20 years ago," said Louis Chenevert, CEO of United Technologies, in an interview with CNBC.

The Paris Air Show is also sponsoring an exhibition that will help visitors understand the future of biomass fuels in the aviation industry. According to the Paris Air Show, "studies have shown that bio-fuels are suitable for use in aviation… [but] efforts must still be made to improve processes or define new sources of biomass."

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Circa 1936: Air hostess Daphne Kearley of Golders Green tending to the crew of the new luxury air service from Croydon, England to Paris, operated by Air Dispatch. (Ward/Getty Images)