VLS 2008/Convention 2009 speculation thread

[adpideltaup]

Originally Posted by HBADPi

Whats weird is that in the last issue of the Chronicle it mentioned that the location for Convention 2011 and it struck me as odd that they mentioned the '11 convention site but not the '09.

Nope that is what it said- in 2011 we're back in AZ... and the contract for 2009 is already signed and planned They usually like to wait and surprise everyone at the end of this convention in Boston

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by adpideltaup

Nope that is what it said- in 2011 we're back in AZ... and the contract for 2009 is already signed and planned They usually like to wait and surprise everyone at the end of this convention in Boston

Well Phoenix had it in 05, so I don't think it is Phoenix again. I'll have to say Tucson, considering they haven't had it since 1997.

Although, eek, airfare (if it is in Tucson) isn't going to be cheap (since it's not the major airport in the state). I wonder, if it is in Tucson, if they would have sisters fly into Sky Harbor and then drive them down.

I have to say I'm kind of surprised they picked AZ for 2011 because it will be only 6 years, while they waited 8 years before coming back the last time.

Works for me. The AZ conventions I can then guareentee I'll be at, because their in AZ!!!!

[EXiADPi]

As the one that does the 20 min flights from Phoenix to Tucson and even the 30 min flights to Flagstaff. Flying all the way to Tucson adds between $40-$100 to the trip and flying to Flagstaff is $20-$40.

Those are the two airports in Arizona that are served by a major airline, US Airways Express/America West Express/ Mesa Airlines. If Convention '11 is in Prescott/ Sedona right now that is served by Great Lakes Airlines and I have no idea how much that is.

Maybe by 2011 we will have all of our planes painted in the new US Airways Express colors. So yea that is air travel around AZ from PHX.

If anyone is scared of the airplane size the TUS airplane is a CRJ-900 jet which holds 86 passengers and the A319 holds 150. The airplane to FLG is a Dash-8 which is a propeller plane that holds 37.