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 working group and hearing were direct results of December’s arrest of two people—including one airline employee—accused of smuggling guns onboard Delta Air Lines flights between Atlanta and New York.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) Managing Director Mark Reis said that SEA’s growth projection means that despite “significant investment” in a capital-improvement plan, demand will leave the airport short of gates and terminal space in the early 2020s.
Delta Air Lines—which paid out $500 million to shareholders in first-quarter dividends and buybacks—has been leading the shareholder-return parade, establishing a dividend in May 2013 and launching a share-repurchase plan. As the carrier’s above-market fuel hedges wear off, it will have even more cash to invest or give back to its owners.
