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Business News > Mint Authors > Alison Sider

Alison Sider

ARTICLES BY ALISON SIDER

Travel demand wobbled earlier this year when consumers grew nervous about the health of the economy and the potential impact of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. (Image: Pixabay)

Why cheap airline seats are getting harder to find

2 min read . 15 Aug 2025

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, packed with 242 people on board, strained to climb in the steamy midday heat. (image: Reuters)

The first—and final—seconds of Air India flight 171

4 min read . 13 Jun 2025

One passenger miraculously survived an Air India Boeing 787 crash, defying odds in aviation's worst disasters.

How does one person survive a plane crash?

4 min read . 13 Jun 2025

President Trump’s trade policies weigh heavily on corporate leaders. Photo: Reuters

American companies shred outlooks over tariff uncertainty

6 min read . 25 Apr 2025

Consumers, wary of a weakening economy and rising prices, have cut back on bookings. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Airlines’ dreams of a banner year are over

2 min read . 09 Apr 2025

Tuesday’s report tallied seat fees from United, Delta, American, Spirit and Frontier. (AP)

U.S. airlines collected more than $12 billion from seat fees

1 min read . 26 Nov 2024

Airlines are preparing for a record crush of travelers to descend on airports this Thanksgiving. (AP)

The airline industry’s biggest winners are betting you’ll pay to fly in style

6 min read . 23 Nov 2024

CrowdStrike said Delta’s threats of a lawsuit have contributed to a “misleading narrative” that the cybersecurity company was responsible for the airline’s tech decisions and response to the outage. (REUTERS)

CrowdStrike to Delta: Stop pointing the finger at us

2 min read . 05 Aug 2024

Open seating has been a hallmark of Southwest flights since the carrier got its start over 50 years ago.

Southwest Airlines is ditching open seating on flights

4 min read . 25 Jul 2024

People are shelling out for more extras on top of base fares, from the chance to pick a specific seat or board earlier, to mid-level luxuries like premium economy’s extra legroom. BING GUAN/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Airlines are mastering the dark art of the upsell

7 min read . 01 Jun 2024

United Airlines said it has seen corporate bookings soar.

Welcome back, road warriors: Business travel returns

5 min read . 29 Apr 2024

Dunya Da Silva Monteiro and Roswell Saldivar of Cape Cod Community College compete in the maintenance contest in Chicago.

Ready, Set, Fix that plane in 15 minutes or less!

6 min read . 15 Apr 2024

Wheelchair users have grown frustrated over the years by high rates of broken equipment.

Air Travel Is Extra Hard for Wheelchair Users. Here’s How the Government Wants to Fix It.

2 min read . 29 Feb 2024

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma airport. (Photo: Bloomberg News)

One plane breaks apart, another burns: air travel’s rough 2024 start

6 min read . 08 Jan 2024

Many airline passengers still don’t know how to behave.

Throwing Punches and Opening Emergency Doors: Airline Passengers Are Still Losing It

6 min read . 22 Dec 2023

Cargo pilots typically have fixed schedules and fewer legs to fly in a day compared with their counterparts at passenger airlines.

American Airlines Dangles $250,000 Bonuses to Poach FedEx and UPS Pilots

4 min read . 08 Nov 2023

FILE - Hundreds of Southwest Airlines checked bags are piled together at baggage claim at Midway International Airport as Southwest continues to cancel thousands of flights across the country on Dec. 28, 2022, in Chicago. The Biden administration is working on new regulations that would require airlines to compensate passengers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline's control. The White House said President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would announce the start of the rulemaking process Monday May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File) (AP)

Biden to Propose Airline Rule to Compensate Passengers for Delays, Cancellations

4 min read . 08 May 2023

The move also underscored how Mr. Musk has made himself the principal decider on all things Twitter after buying the platform for $44 billion late last month (Photo; AFP)

Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter account after online poll

3 min read . 20 Nov 2022

US labor laws make airline strikes difficult and rare—the last time US passenger airline pilots went on strike was at Spirit Airlines Inc. in 2010 (Photo: AFP)

Pilots are frustrated with airlines, too

5 min read . 03 Nov 2022

Mesa Air Group Inc. is offering a new way of pilot training to increase their flying hours.(Representative image) (AFP)

Airline’s pitch to aspiring pilots: Fly our planes now, work for us later

3 min read . 24 Sept 2022