Worlds Most Extreme Airports

I did fly into Luckla(voted No1) in March and believe me its scary.
The runway appears from nowhere and looks so short..and it is.
The programme was a couple of years old and didnt mention that 18 people died in August attempting to land!

Dave Mac wrote:Innsbruck is exciting to land in. There is an issue that if required, some airlines can do a turn within the valley walls, and some cannot. One of those that can not do a valley turn is a major TO. The same TO has landing equipment restrictions, so when visibility is impaired........

I seem to remember having this discussion with you before Dave. The airlines belonging to a major TO can only be Thomas Cook and First Choice/Thomson, and both of these tend to fly in their 757s, although both also use Airbus aircraft as well - none of which have landing equipment restrictions.
I have flown in on both type of aircraft and on each occasion they have flown over the airport and turned to come in from the other end.
Not sure what these restrictions are you speak of, or which airline/aircraft they refer to?

Last March, only Thomson Flight could not land at Innsbruck, although the other TOs such as Inghams were also affected since they flight share. Thomson were diverted to Verona, you may remember commenting that a diversion to Munich would have been nearer. The outgoing passengers had to undertake a 4 hour transfer to Verona.

Also, it is the owner/operator that determines the aircraft specification, therefore you cannot assume that a particular craft is a particular spec.
Most unusually, the pilot spelt out, very critically, the reason for the delay/diversion.

Dave Mac wrote:Last March, only Thomson Flight could not land at Innsbruck

Any Boeing pilots on here (Thomson only operate them, the Airbus' are all still under First Choice) who can confirm this? I thought Thomson only had modern 737-800s and 757s where this issue would not arise. Or do they still operate the last few 737-300s where the older spec may be an issue?
I do not think the operator would specify a lower spec aircraft IMO.