Article: TRAVEL TROUBLES AFFECT CROWD AT MODA MANHATTAN.

Byline: Caroline Tell

NEW YORK - Blame the lull in traffic at Moda Manhattan's first February show on the Jet Blue Airways fiasco.

The three-day trade show, which took up 20,000 square feet of space at New York's Metropolitan Pavilion, began on Sunday, but by Tuesday grew quiet as retailers moved on to the first day of the Fashion Coterie.

Britton Jones, president and chief executive officer of Business Journals Inc., which produces the show, attributed attendees' low energy level to the chaos on Jet Blue that took place over the weekend, brought on by an ice storm that tied up New York airports.

"There's very little space between ...

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