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.
Purchasing Finnair’s engine services operation would open up a new business line for GA Telesis, but one that fits tightly with the leasing and service provider’s overall strategy, a company executive tells Aviation Week. “In our business, we’re focused primarily on mid-generation assets,” says Alvin Khoo, chief investment officer of Fort Lauderdale-based GA Telesis. “We own aircraft and engines and manage them. If you think about the value in aircraft as they age, the value is in the engines. So owning an engine shop is a very strategic fit for us.”
The FAA on Friday proposed fining Boeing $13.57 million for allegedly failing to meet deadlines for providing guidance to comply with the agency’s fuel tank flammability reduction rule. The rule, issued in July 2008, gave Boeing and Airbus until Dec. 27, 2010, to provide the regulator with aircraft-specific service instructions on replacing oxygen in fuel tanks with nitrogen. The FAA alleges that Boeing was 301 days late with 747 instructions and 406 days late with 757 instructions. Airbus met the deadline for all of its models.
Finnair and GA Telesis are in talks that, if successful, would lead to the takeover of the airline’s Helsinki-based, third-party engine overhaul business by the Florida-based service provider.
