Barbara Peterson has worked as a journalist covering aviation, travel, and consumer issues for more than 20 years. In addition to reporting on air travel for AFAR and Condé Nast Traveler, she has contributed articles to the New York Times, the Daily Beast, the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Consumer Reports. She has authored or coauthored three books, the most recent of which is Blue Streak: Inside JetBlue, the Upstart that Rocked an Industry, and is a winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Investigative Reporting and the Gene DuBois Award for Excellence in Travel and Aviation Reporting.