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.
Top-line growth in its defense and services businesses helped Boeing offset production-related challenges in its Commercial Airplanes unit that kept the division’s year-over-year (YOY) revenues flat, lifting total third-quarter (Q3) sales to $25.1 billion, a 4% YOY increase.
A first-of-its-kind Boeing 777 uncommanded engine failure triggered by nose-gear tire debris has led the United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to recommend FAA evaluate whether Boeing needs to assess the risk such an incident poses to a dual-engine shutdown.
Strong organic sales in both its Pratt and Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) businesses helped push United Technologies Corp. (UTC) revenues up 10% in the third quarter (Q3) and led the company to revise full-year guidance upward.
