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 drop in oil prices”—about 50% since mid-2014—“is credit positive for most airports in North America and Europe because lower fuel costs will improve the financial performance of airlines, making them stronger counter-parties to the airports,” Moody’s says.
“Right now, they are not performing on their obligations to us and to other lessors,” Zissis said on a March 11 earnings call. “But we have taken action to get the aircraft back and expect to have the aircraft back in the next quarter.”
Air freight traffic was up 4.5% last year—the “first significant boost in volumes since 2010,” the International Air Transport Association (IATA) notes—and volumes were up 3.2% year-over-year in January.
