Travel to the east restricted

Thoughts are prayers are certainly with all of those displaced or being affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the east coast.

If you're planning on traveling toward New England or other parts east, you may want to revise your travel plans (at least for now).  La Guardia, JFK, and Newark airports are still closed as of this morning per Flightview, and other airports such as Washington Dulles and Boston Logan are showing very few if any flights arriving.  Make sure to check ahead of time if you're on the docket to fly to any of these areas.

Flightaware.com has also been compiling information about airport status.  You can find the link here, but a summary of the info (as of right now):

6,047 flights cancelled so far today. Most affected is still Philadelphia with with 1,085 cancellations, NYC airports have nearly 1,000 each. We expect more cancellations to happen, especially in NYC, soon.

Only 635 cancellation so far tomorrow (Wednesday). We expect this number to rise once damage can be assessed and re-open times are communicated.Airport-specific updates:

BOS Open/operational, minimal post-hurricane disruption

PHL Open/operational, expecting flights from Delta and Lufthansa.

IAD Open/operational, expecting flights from Delta and foreign carriers.

succesful ILA conference

Back to work today, but I wanted to make sure to do a quick recap of the International Leadership Association conference that was held in Denver this past weekend.  This was my third trip to ILA, and second where I was presenting, and it once again was very informative and busy.  I only wish I could have been there longer!

My friend and colleague Jimmy and I presented our paper and research concerning Leadership, Adult Development, and Tension.  You can find the abstract and information below:

http://www.ila-net.org/Conferences/2012/Program3.asp?ProgramDBID=208

This was a topic that we worked on through our experience in an Adult Development class, and were very proud to have proposed an addition to Kegan's "I" stages. 

Looking forward to attending next year's conference in Montreal - my plan by then is to present my dissertation research!

Qatar Airways to expand in the US

Looks like something is going right - the CEO of Qatar Airways today announced an increased presence in the US.  From the USA Today, here is a snipit:

Qatar Airways' current U.S. destinations are New York JFK, Washington Dulles and Houston Bush Intercontinental. The carrier also announced it will begin flying to Chicago O'Hare this April.
"After Chicago, we are going to start operating three more destinations," Al Baker said. "This will be Atlanta, Detroit and Boston."

I'm interested in seeing how this affects American's bankruptcy proceedings, if at all.  From the outside, it seems as though more options to the Middle East will be opening up.  Yay!

world's longest flight to change

Just crossing the wires this morning, it sounds like Singapore Airlines will be giving up the title of flying the longest commercial route non-stop (currently Singapore to New York).

Here's the story from USA Today: http://usat.ly/P22Jpd

This was one of those flights that a lot of flying and points enthusiasts talk about, simply because you can get there without stopping and having to connect in all sorts of other cities (Moscow, Seoul, etc).  And, if you have enough points (or $), Singapore's product in business and first class is top notch.  I don't think I'm going to have the chance to fly the route before it stops (saving for the Maldives), but I'm hopeful that SIA will bring it back with some other option.

excited for Friday

I'm so glad that it is Friday...thank goodness.