Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the hardware side of the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.
Broderick's aviation career started in 1991, working for Airbus in Toulouse. His industry experience includes four years with an aviation consultancy, where he helped launch a U.S. Part 121 carrier; 12 years with the American Association of Airport Executives, where he served as editor of Airport Magazine; and 20 years in full- and part-time roles with Aviation Week writing primarily about safety and the aftermarket.
Broderick was named the 2020 Aerospace Journalist of the Year by the Aerospace Media Awards. He also shared in a 2020 Neal Award for Best News Coverage with Aviation Week Network colleagues. Broderick and Aviation Week colleague John Croft shared the 2015 Flight Safety International Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award recognizing "significant contributions by journalists to aviation safety awareness."
He graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Communications ('91) and earned an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications ('13) from West Virginia University.
The recently deepened relationship between Hawaiian Airlines and Delta Tech Ops could be a bellwether as the carrier eyes aftermarket options for its Airbus A330s and Boeing 717s amid a broader effort to streamline its vendor base. Hawaiian and Tech Ops earlier this month announced that the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider would add component repair to the 767 fleet support it already provides the Honolulu-based carrier.
The world's largest maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) market may not grow much in the next decade, but the lack of expansion will not hold back change in response to shifting customer demand and market dynamics.
An item in the April 23 Aviation Daily about United Technologies' commercial rebound misstated the name of the company's systems and components unit. It is UTC Aerospace Systems.
