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.
FAA sees U.S. carrier passenger growth averaging 2% annually through 2035, a slight decline from last year’s outlook. While fuel’s “sharp” price decline “is a catalyst for a short-lived uptick,” the forecast projects $100-per-barrel oil by 2021, “keeping a lid on U.S. economic growth during the same period,” FAA says in its latest 20-year forecast. Capacity will grow 2.4% this year, compared with 2.2% last year, and will rise an average of 2.5% annually through 2035, FAA says.
The opinion, published March 16, is the next step in EASA’s effort to “update and improve” its Basic Regulation, or overarching framework that defines the agency’s roles and responsibilities.
“The improving profitability of commercial carriers aided by the rapid drop in fuel prices, together with the abundant availability and low cost of capital, bode well for the growth of engine leasing,” CEO Charles Willis says.
