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.
SkyWest has taken delivery of its first of 40 Embraer 175s (E175), keeping the airline on track for putting the type into service in United Express colors in May. The regional carrier plans to put 21 E175s into service this year—part of a 40-aircraft order placed in 2014 to support United Airlines. SkyWest E175s are scheduled to debut on United’s Chicago-O’Hare-Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport route on May 17 and, O’Hare-Boston two days later.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), stressing the need for a global, coordinated approach, will convene a task force to examine aircraft tracking in the wake of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370’s disappearance and deliver a report by year end.
Some major suppliers are wary about planned narrowbody production increases at Airbus and Boeing, but their concern isn’t keeping pace with the new rates—it’s whether the market will support them, Canaccord Genuity analysts report. “The supply chain is expected to be prepared to support the rate increases but there is increasing worry that the expected narrowbody rate increases may not happen, or may be for just a 12-24 month period,” says the report.
