To begin a post that is much overdue; on November 7, 2010 I completed my year goal by finishing my first New York City marathon.  I came in across the finish line at 5:00 hours, which was not my goal, but I am more than happy with considering the frenetic pace that my life has been since beginning CityJet.

The rules that lay true in order to succeed in finishing a marathon can be transcribed for many things in life, including leading a successful business. It takes hard work, dedication, and the strength to keep pushing through whatever mountains might seem insurmountable.

One of the few, but most important, differences in running a marathon and a business is that in a marathon you’re the only person pushing through, whereas in a business, your team is the most integral in ensuring success.

A good, strong, hard-working team is the difference between finishing the race and deciding to drop out in the middle, or even being picked up by that car that picks up the stragglers of a marathon. Therefore, much of the past few months at CityJet have been spent building the strongest team and structure possible. These past few years may have been loss-making for the airline, but I am sure that as a team we will be breaking-even in the next year.

How can we not with one of the best products out there for regional air travel? Not only do we have fantastic perks in our all-inclusive price (award winning service, complimentary food and beverage service, mobile check-in, free bags – including golf!) but we travel to top destinations in Europe via our fantastic hub London City Airport. How can you complain about an airport that is actually in the city and you can show up 15 minutes before the flight departs? In this day and age, you just can’t.

Now that our strong foundation is almost complete, it is time for us to run a marathon as CityJet – a marathon that I am sure we will not only complete but will exceed our goal.

I will be back to updating this blog on a regular basis and sharing with you how the adventure of CityJet progresses, as well as insight into my (still) new position of CEO, and of course my training for the London marathon next month.  I’m fighting off an injury, but I have my fingers crossed that I’ll be fit enough to participate.

I hope you will (re)join me on this venture. Next time: new blog design, new address (http://cityjet.tumblr.com) and exciting news about new destinations.