Originally Posted by
Andoreasu
. . . when other airlines manage to land, I don't buy the 'extraordinary circumstances' argument.
Aircraft may be equipped differently and therefore able to operate in lower visibility.
Spacing may also have to be increased in poor weather, therefore reducing capacity so that some planes will get in and some won't.
As these are directly caused by the weather, they pass the EC test, even if you have drawn the short straw on this occasion.