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.
Air Canada is “extensively” studying its capacity projections for late 2018 and 2019 and confirms it will reduce its growth rate, but has not finalized the timing or extent of its changes, top executives said.
AerCap sees no evidence that Chinese carriers are contemplating shifts away from Boeing aircraft to proactively insulate themselves from tariffs that could result from the escalating trade discord between China and the U.S., the mega-lessor’s top executive said.
Aeromexico is leveraging network discipline and new ancillary revenue generation to offset rising fuel costs, domestic inflation, a weakening peso, and over-capacity in some key markets, with its second-quarter results offering solid evidence that its strategies are reaping the intended benefits.
