I remember that event in Geneva. It failed miserably in a period when trade was pretty good. Indeed I think it actually managed to be worse overall than last weeks Helitech [which is being generous].
I recall that the Helitech team were trying to get the mainland Europe event set up in Spain and had just given up on their quest when Cascais officials and the locally based operators made a promising offer that led to the present location.
I suspect it is not just a case of 'pull a preferred name out of a hat' as has been suggested in this thread so far. Pick the name of a grass strip somewhere in central Europe and it WILL be better that Cascais to someone - possibly everyone who does not do business on the Iberian peninsular. The people running Helitech have clearly examined that option and tripped up over some vested interest somewhere, just like it seems they did in Spain. If you want a GA or helicopter show in the areas mentioned you will be running slap into the likes of EBACE, Berlin, Friedrichafen, Bitburg all of which have a desire to soak up helicopters - but none of which address the Iberian region.
I wonder if the complaints in this thread would be less if the event was held in Cascais Town Hall? No real helicopters at all then.
The real answer to the core of this thread can only be given by the exhibitors, llarge and small. If they sign up again to 2012 the event will happen. If they do not, game over.
