Bastilia International Airport

Bastilia International Airport (IATA BTI, ICAO ERBI) is an international airport located in Walthamstow, in a non-metropolitan district outside of the Histalian capital of Bastilia in the metropolitan county of Greater Bastilia and closer to the Forkdenshire border.

Bastilia International is a base for a number of major low-cost carriers and charter airlines, with competitor Bastilia Hough dealing with a majority of the flag-carrying airlines. Bastilia International also has a few flag-carrying airlines of smaller nations, which puts it ahead of other competitor Bastilia Legion which is used completely by low-cost carriers. It is the largest base for the 2nd largest low-cost carrier in Histalpol Go2 past Darsingborough International Airport based Pigeon Express. In 2013, it maintained it's position as 4th busiest airport in Histalpol after Hough, Darsingborough and Renné.

The airport is owned and operated by Beracha Airport Holdings, which also owns and operates two other airports in Histalpol and is the 3rd largest airport owner/operator behind the InterEuroAIN Airport Authority (IEAAA) and the Histalpol Airport Authority.

History
The airfield opened at the start of the war in 1940, already planned to be made mid 1930s before the war started. Because of it's state of the art facilities as a bomber airfield, it's loss in 21 June 1941 in the Battle for Beracha Glas was a severe loss for Histalpol. The Axis forces then used the airfield as their own bomber airfield which contributed to the blitz in Great Britain and Histalpol.

After WW2 ended in 1945, the base was left partially abandoned, with the rest of the base being used as storage and maintenance. In the 1950s the airfield was bought by Beracha Airport Holdings and developed into a commercial airport on the abandoned section, while allowing for the Histalian Aéronautique Guerriers to hold the storage and maintenance sections, making the airport partially military.

The 1970s saw the birth of the jet age and this increased the business, flights and passengers coming through Bastilia International Airport massively. This continued as the choice of international destinations increased, but ground to a halt in 1992 with the start of the Black Depression caused by the monopolization of industry to foreign nations, reducing the profit of Histalian companies.

In 1995, the airport finally went bankrupt due to the depression, but was saved by the isolationist government of Hayden Bolton which meant that regional flights became popular between Histalian airports and foreign flights almost fell out of existence if not for flights connecting to the United Kingdom, Sainte-Croix or Ireland. In 2002, the depression officially ended and later under the non-isolationist Borgia Malstrone in 2008, was finally open to foreign flights, which shot the airport back up to being the 4th busiest airport in Histalpol, though specialising mostly in charter and low-cost airlines.

2010 Bombing
On 10 February 2010 a bomb detonated outside the terminal in a staff car park which is situated between taxiways and the terminal. Part of the terminal collapsed and 16 were killed in the attack. Investigation concluded that the main target was taxiing planes rather than the terminal which would have killed more people, but the bomb detonated early before the target plane passed on the taxiway. The perpetrators were not found and no claims have been made, but it is thought to have been a lone-wolf terrorist with a mixed agenda of the Righteous Independence Legion and Ether Florian who attempted to attack a football match to make the monarchy more influential in Histalian politics. 6 members of the Righteous Independence Legion were arrested after and arrested but not officially charged with the attack on the airport.