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.
Delta Air Lines’ strategy to grow through upgauging combined with plans to replace 50-seat regional jets with Boeing 717s means the carrier will meet its capacity target without maxing out its allowable regional jet (RJs) lift, the airline’s top executive says. “We aren’t going to buy all the 76-seaters we’re entitled to buy under our scope clause,” CEO Richard Anderson said at the airline’s annual investor day Dec. 11. “I don’t know where we’ll end up, but we have room right now for 30 more that we don’t have earmarked.”
The House aviation subcommittee has tasked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) with evaluating foreign civil aviation authority (CAA) certification processes to see if any lessons learned can benefit both FAA’s process and U.S. manufacturers. GAO’s study will cover four areas: how FAA certification compares to foreign counterparts; general lessons learned; challenges that U.S. manufacturers have with foreign certification; and how FAA addresses foreign challenges to U.S. approvals.
While capital markets are gaining ground as a preferred funding source, traditional banks are expected to hold their own as the primary provider of aircraft delivery funding in 2014, according to projections from Boeing Capital. Commercial lending should win about 25% of the $112 billion in play in the 2014 delivering financing market, down 3% from its 2013 share, while cash will account for 23%, down 2%.
