First Flight
FlightGlobal & Amber Elias
Welcome to First Flight, a podcast by FlightGlobal, hosted by Amber Elias. In each episode, we will be speaking with CEO’s, experts and innovators from across the aviation industry; covering topics including airlines, defence, manufacturing and airports, to travel, world events and sustainability. Join First Flight as we explore the length and breadth of a global industry. First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, and is executive produced by Amber Elias.
- 42 minutes 10 seconds2025 aerospace in review - the best and worst of the year
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Amber Elias is joined Jon Hemmerdinger, Dominic Perry and David Kaminski-Morrow.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
19 December 2025, 2:44 pm - 53 minutes 47 seconds2025 defence in review - the best and worst of the year
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Amber Elias is joined by Greg Waldron, Craig Hoyle and Ryan Finnerty.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
17 December 2025, 4:49 pm - 26 minutes 21 secondsBombardier Global 8000 enters service, Etihad cuts orders, Boeing MQ-28A advances, Qatar names new CEO, B-2 stealth bomber returns to frontline, Pentagon creates reverse-engineered Shahad-136 drone
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Amber Elias is joined by Ryan Finnerty.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
12 December 2025, 7:01 am - 15 minutes 27 secondsWhy Latin America is becoming aviation’s next big growth market
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Lewis Harper is joined by Howard Hardee.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
8 December 2025, 7:01 am - 9 minutes 49 seconds2025 safety in review, North Korea’s propaganda parade, China Airlines to acquire 18 widebody jets, Airbus A320s grounded for computer systems failure
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Amber Elias is joined by David Kaminski-Morrow.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
5 December 2025, 7:01 am - 43 minutes 58 secondsThe future of helicopters in combat
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Ryan Finnerty is joined by Craig Hoyle and Greg Waldron.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
1 December 2025, 7:02 am - 12 minutes 28 secondsRostec Sukhoi Su-57 fighter updates, Lockheed Martin F-35s to Saudi Arabia, Douglas DC-3 hazardous piloting, SmartLynx closes, Lufthansa’s centenary livery, MH-47G helicopters to USSOCOM
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Amber Elias is joined by Greg Waldron, FlightGlobal’s defence managing editor.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
28 November 2025, 7:01 am - 15 minutes 14 secondsWhat the 2025 Dubai airshow tells us about airframers and the aerospace industry
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Dominic Perry is joined by David Kaminski-Morrow.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
24 November 2025, 7:01 am - 25 minutes 40 seconds2025 Dubai airshow, FAA tells airlines to fix 787s, Rolls-Royce XWB-97 beating dust testing expectations, Malaysia firms up widebody fleet by 2026, Boeing 777X backlog reduced
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your new essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Amber Elias is joined by Craig Hoyle, FlightGlobal’s European defence editor and Flight International editor, Dominic Perry, European aerospace editor and Lewis Harper, Airline Business editor.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
21 November 2025, 7:01 am - 18 minutes 13 secondsWhy ultra-low-cost carriers are facing new challenges in the American market
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your new essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Lewis Harper, editor of Airline Business at FlightGlobal is joined by FlightGlobal’s airlines reporter for the Americas Howard Hardee.
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to Airline Business with the code ABPODCAST and to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
17 November 2025, 7:01 am - 15 minutes 20 seconds2026 World Air Forces directory, PIA A320 used wrong runway during diversion, Rolls-Royce reveals new XE standard for Trent 1000, Leonardo warns on factory’s future, EasyJet drops A319 by 2030
Welcome to FlightGlobal Focus, your new essential podcast for trusted aviation insight. We publish new episodes twice weekly: join us on Friday for a concise news briefing and on Monday for in-depth analysis covering airlines, defence or aerospace. Stay informed, stay ahead and get expert coverage from the team at FlightGlobal. Pioneering aviation insight.
In this episode, Amber Elias is joined by Craig Hoyle.
2026 World Air Forces directory
Listeners can get a discount for a new subscription to FlightGlobal with the code FGPODCAST (terms and conditions apply).
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email [email protected]
For sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please email [email protected]
First Flight is a production of FlightGlobal, an award-winning aviation media company, and is executive produced by Amber Elias. Audio editing by Lucy Johnson.
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