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.
Triumph Group’s Airborne Structures business unit recently won a five-year deal to support KLM Royal Dutch Airlines MD-11 nacelle components, its first multi-year win supporting a major European carrier, the aerostructures specialist reports. The deal, revealed by Triumph President and CEO Jeff Frisby during the company’s second-quarter 2014 earnings call, is valued at “less than $5 million” annually, Frisby says.
Airframe manufacturers face an uphill climb to capture consistent revenues from the aftermarket, but hold several advantages over traditional maintenance suppliers that—if leveraged correctly—could lead to market-share gains, a PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) analysis concludes.
The FAA, in a step toward developing a consistent source of regulatory interpretations, is reviewing all guidance and plans to ensure that still-relevant documents are available in an existing electronic database, while duplicative and irrelevant guidance is canceled, the agency’s certification director says.
