Paradise…

Pick any of the following:
dire air traffic control
localised thunderstorms at night
very poor approach procedures
frequent unserviceability of approach aids
terrain
missed approach procedures squeezed between terrain and hostile Albanian airspace
short, exceedingly rough runway with poor non-standard lighting
2 very high radio masts immediately west of the runway
etc, etc, etc

A couple of times over the last few years I have had to refuse instructions from Corfu tower controllers that if followed would have had us flying into local mountains.

OMG, and I flew into that place when it was dark! 😮
Glad I didn’t know this at the time, I would have been soiling myself! 😉
However much I want to rubbish your claims as being exaggerated, your the pilot and so you know best, I’m just the passenger who one day wants to be in the pilots place! 🙂

Had a nasty breakfast on my BA flight back from New York to MAN last year. A banana flavoured muffin yuk!, amongst other slightly more pleasent things.

Totally agree about MyTravels breakfast, it is awful.

Though to be honest, can’t remember a good airline breakfast!

“with Virgin Sun- who get the award for handing out the worst airline breakfast ever”

no! it’s got to be MYT for the worst breakfasts ever!!! I felt ill just looking at it.

I’ll go to Corfu one day for the airport if nothing else!

wysiwyg, tell us more! It’s very rare I get to converse with a pilot!

Thanks for that Wys, I agree about the runway, very rough.

Sounds quite scary, maybe i’ve been lucky, always flown in during the day in perfect weather.

Pick any of the following:
dire air traffic control
localised thunderstorms at night
very poor approach procedures
frequent unserviceability of approach aids
terrain
missed approach procedures squeezed between terrain and hostile Albanian airspace
short, exceedingly rough runway with poor non-standard lighting
2 very high radio masts immediately west of the runway
etc, etc, etc

A couple of times over the last few years I have had to refuse instructions from Corfu tower controllers that if followed would have had us flying into local mountains.

Corfu is an accident waiting to happen. I’m sure Moondance, Spotty M, etc will agree.

Interesting! 🙂 Why? Please tell us more. 🙂

Corfu is an accident waiting to happen. I’m sure Moondance, Spotty M, etc will agree.

Corfu is definitely one airport I’ll never miss!

Why? :confused:

Corfu is definitely one airport I’ll never miss!

Corfu is brill for spotting, never tried it before, I’ve been to the exotic island with My Travel A320 G-CRPH.

Corfu airport is a great place.Although when i visted the main thing i remember is the EXTREMELY HARD landing! Oh and the fact there were no tables anywhere inside the terminal! lol

Don’t you ever EVER say anything negative about Virgin Sun to me! 😀

As most people will know, they are my fave airline I have ever flown, and I absolutely loved the colour scheme!

I flew G-VMED and G-VTAN, which a/c did you fly?

LOL, I also liked colour scheme a lot. The were fine, apart from that breakfast, it was…well…soggy and cold. I also liked the Virgin Sun rep at my resort! 😉
I flew G-VTAN also, both ways as well if I remember rightly.

Don’t you ever EVER say anything negative about Virgin Sun to me! 😀

As most people will know, they are my fave airline I have ever flown, and I absolutely loved the colour scheme!

I flew G-VMED and G-VTAN, which a/c did you fly?

Still a bit of hope I could end up back there this summer! I hope so

Me too! There’s a few cheap deals floating around to Corfu, night arrival and departure for me the last time I was there, so didn’t see much on landing, with Virgin Sun- who get the award for handing out the worst airline breakfast ever. 😉

Tell me about it!

On all 3 times i’ve been there, the approach has been fantastic, as you say you think your about to land on the water and all of a sudden the land comes from no where.

You seem to get a tour of the island as well, when your on approach as you go around the edge.

Still a bit of hope I could end up back there this summer! I hope so!

It’s an exhilerating place to fly to as well, on landing it’s water, water, water then at the last second the runway appears, just as you’re starting to think where the hell the runway actually is! 😉 and that huge mountain at the other end of the mountain means a steep take-off and turn to avoid it, SXM style again! Hey, maybe Corfu is the SXM of Europe? 😀

Maybe a Corfu meet is in order…….:)

Corfu is great(gets windy in the North though! 🙂 ), there is a gangway type thing which crosses just infront of the runway threshold, the aircraft get real close, SXM style! 😀

You can clearly see it in this photo:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/452677/L/

and a close up shot of it here:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/429189/M/

These are the kind of shots you can get:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/601957/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/512449/M/

that is a kool spot!