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.
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) is moving quickly to replace Essential Air Service (EAS) flights to two Arizona cities that abruptly lost it when Great Lakes Airlines shut down last month, even as DOT orders the carrier to resume flights because it did not provide the required advance notice of its changes.
The DOT is moving quickly to replace Essential Air Service (EAS) flights to two Arizona cities that abruptly lost them when Great Lakes shut down last month.
US regional Great Lakes Airlines, which ceased scheduled passenger flights operations March 26, did not provide the required advance notice of changes, according to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), which ordered the carrier to resume flights.
