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.
Commercial demand, on the rise in most markets, is showing particular strength in China and the Americas, giving United Technologies Corp. (UTC) optimism for both its new equipment and aftermarket lines while helping to offset continuing military market challenges.
The rising demand for surplus parts that is re-shaping airline aftermarket strategies presents component manufacturers with clear opportunities to follow their engine-producing colleagues by grabbing larger slices of the growing used-parts pie. The used serviceable material (USM) market was $3.5 billion in 2013, according to consultancy ICF SH&E, including about $2.2 billion in engine parts and $1.3 billion in components. By 2023, the USM market is expected to hit $6.2 billion, including $3.8 billion in engine parts and $2.2 billion in component spares.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Lufthansa have joined Airlines For America (A4A) in petitioning the FAA for more time to provide input on a potential foreign repair station drug and alcohol (DA) testing rule. Both IATA and Lufthansa requested an additional 120 days beyond the May 16 deadline that FAA established in its request for information, released last month (DAILY, March 17).
