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.
Boeing is confident that a steady uptick in air-freight demand will result in a full market recovery by 2017, which could bode well for its factory-new freighter offerings, notably the Boeing 747-8F. “It’s still a challenging market for everybody, but with some growth in some of these really key areas and concentrated in the Asia-Pacific, in particular,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner said at the company’s annual investor day last week.
Europe, showing signs of shaking its economic doldrums, saw premium travel rise 7.8% in March, after an 0.4% gain the previous month. But the brighter skies in key, mature regions are being offset by dark clouds forming elsewhere.
