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.
Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier Allegiant Air expects to need at least another week before its flight schedule is disruption-free and its entire MD-80 fleet is available as it works to get the model’s evacuation slides in compliance with manufacturer recommendations.
Air Lease Corp. (ALC) and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) have finalized double-digit orders for Boeing 787-9s and -10s, reaffirming the models’ anticipated popularity among the wide range of customers that lessors count on to keep their inventory flying. ALC finalized a 33-plane buy, including a launch order for 30 787-10s and three additional 787-9s, announced at June’s Paris air show. GECAS’s order is for 10 787-10s, a commitment also made at Paris. List-price values for each deal are $9.4 billion and $2.9 billion, respectively.
Twenty of the top avionics manufacturers reported combined sales of $1.6 billion in the second quarter, according to the latest data from the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) fledgling Avionics Market Report. Launched earlier this year, the report compiles sales figures from companies willing to share that information, including Garmin, L-3, and Rockwell Collins. The manufacturers submit sales figures to a third party that produces the report, preserving confidentiality of the data.
