Recorded straight after the first day of the 2025 Paris Air Show, the 40,000 Feet podcast from The Up Front brings you a unique strategic view of aviation at the industry’s setpiece summer show.
For our first special Paris Air Show episode, we’re making the standard edition available to listen online without a subscription for a limited time — perfect for your commute to the show, or to catch up from the office if you’re not heading to Le Bourget.
With an extra-length extended edition for Pros, John Walton and Gareth Edwards dive deep into:
- the overall mood and feeling on the ground at this year’s unusual airshow, with all its contexts
- All Nippon Airways’ impressive set of signings at Boeing, Embraer and Airbus, plus a thought-provoking media roundtable
- what LOT Polish Airlines’ landmark A220 order means
- Riyadh Air’s choice to skip a press conference on a day where the field was wide open, with two aircraft painted in their livery at the show
- and for Pros, how the big players within the industry were working through day 1, thinking more deeply about what the Riyadh Air situation means, as well as some insights from CEO Shibata Koji of ANA — and exactly what an order versus a purchase option means. Get access to the Pro edition here
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