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 blossoming e-commerce market combined with a general shortage of air cargo capacity is driving a surge in freighter conversions, and no platform is benefiting more in terms of raw numbers than the Boeing 737-800.
Airbus and Boeing have thrown their support behind delaying the already pushed-back Jan. 5, 2022 rollout of 5G C-band transmissions in the U.S. while the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) consider a “safety proposal” developed by aviation stakeholders.
Southwest Airlines plans to grow its fleet by about 85 aircraft in 2022, but its order-book flexibility and plethora of older aircraft it could park gives it flexibility to increase or decrease the figure based on market conditions, company executives said.
