[CQ-Contest] Greene Co (OH) isn't very green

[Jeff Clarke]

Barry,

Maybe consider flying to either Columbus, Ohio (CMH) or Cincinnati 
(CVG). Both are about a 1 hour and 20 minute drive from the Crowne 
Plaza.  I flew into CMH last year and my RT fare on Southwest from 
Atlanta was under $200. It was about $20 per day for a rental car at 
those airports.

I kind of keep track of the fares since I have family that lives between 
Cincinnati and Dayton and occasionally fly up to Ohio. The fares to 
Dayton have gone up quite a bit since Southwest pulled out.  When 
Airtran was still around (before Southwest bought them) I used to be 
able to fly to Dayton for about $150 RT and sometimes either lower. Now 
that they are gone my only non-stop choice from Atlanta to Dayton is 
Delta and the fare is almost double what it used to be.

Cincinnati used to have some of the highest fares in the country but 
that's changed quite a bit since a bunch of low cost carriers now fly to 
CVG - Allegient, Frontier and Southwest. Both Frontier and Allegient 
have hubs in CVG so there are lots of non-stop destinations. Southwest 
just started flying their this Summer and will probably grow because 
it's been a huge success in the Cincinnati market. Delta still has a big 
presence at CVG and those discount airlines are keeping their fares down 
too. The fares to Columbus are good too because it has many of the same 
low cost carriers as Cincinnati.

BTW for those of you in EU that might be considering coming to the 
Hamvention next year a new low cost European airline named WoW will 
begin flying to Cincinnati on May 10th, 2018. It's non-stop to Keflavik 
International Airport (KEF) in Iceland with connections throughout Europe.


Jeff KU8E