Just what business travelers need. Another negative thing that might affect their travel plans. This week's bad business travel news is the 4 month closing of the main runway at New York City's JFK International Airport. Starting today, the longest runway at JFK will be closed for changes. They're converting it from asphalt to concrete. Unfortunately, that means that the planes that would typically use it are being diverted to the airport's other, smaller runways. It also means that carriers such as JetBlue and American are cutting their schedules slightly for a while until the project's done.
According to the New York Times, the runway's closure is expected to have a ripple effect in other other airports, such as Orlando, LA and San Francisco, when delays at JFK happen. And as any frequent JFK flier already knows, JFK already ranks up near the bottom for major airports for on-time performance.