Jody Victor Horizons Travel: Virgin America got an early taste Wednesday of what it's like operating out of New York's delay-prone John F. Kennedy airport. The much-anticipated start-up saw its ceremonial inaugural flight from New York to San Francisco delayed nearly an hour by horrendous weather. Torrential predawn rain flooded most of the city's subway system and closed streets. Founder Richard Branson and CEO Fred Reid were stuck in traffic and late to the preflight inaugural festivities. Both made the flight, which took off at 10:50 a.m. ET, 50 minutes late. TV comic Stephen Colbert was to have kibitzed in-flight to highlight the fun-loving, irreverent corporate style Virgin America's leaders want to establish. But after hours of trying to get to JFK, Colbert went home.

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