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.
While some industry observers wonder if demand will sustain the rapid new-airplane build rates and growing backlogs, lessor Air Lease Corp. is having the opposite problem—customers are snapping up on-order aircraft earlier, posing questions about how far in advance lessors should tie up their future assets.
Air Canada’s plan to trim costs while boosting its product offerings is getting a lift from the carrier’s decision to keep flying 25 Embraer 190s rather than replace them with new narrowbodies.
The integration of International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) into AerCap is hitting its marks and the formal closing of the deal that will establish AerCap as the largest independent lessor is on schedule to close “in the coming weeks,” CEO Aengus Kelly says.
