Holyoak-Danvers International Airport

Holyoak-Danvers International Airport is one of two airports in Ostena, Viaska (the other being Newsker Aiport). It is located south of the city, some distance from the city centre. In 2004-07, Holyoak-Danvers was Viaska's busiest airport by plane traffic and passanger volume, beating Ull International Airport, who had held those titles previously.

History
Holyoak-Danvers was opened in 1990, with a single runway. The first flight departing from the airport was the 12.00 noon flight to Keflavík Airport in Reykjavik. It quickly became a major air transport hub within the country, and served short and medium-haul international and domestic flights. Ostena City was still devoid of long-haul flights, so a second, longer runway was added in 1994 to the east of the existing one. Longhaul international flights first started to use the airport in November 1994. From December 1994, Holyoak-Danvers was connected to the rail network with an impressive new rail terminal, serving frequent services to Ostena Central rail station. Viaskan Airways have used Holyoak-Danvers as its hub since early 2006.

A new terminal, Terminal B, is scheduled to open in late 2009, and is well into construction.

Destinations
As of September 2008, Holyoak-Danvers has served the following destinations:
 * Amsterdam
 * Barcelona (in the summer months only)
 * Berlin-Schönefeld
 * Boston
 * Budapest-Ferihegy
 * Copenhagen
 * Dusseldorf
 * Frankfurt
 * Glasgow-International (due to be withdrawn in December 2009)
 * Gothenburg-Landvetter (starting early 2009)
 * Helsinki
 * London-Heathrow
 * Madrid
 * Manchester (starting early 2009)
 * Milan-Malpensa
 * Moscow-Sheremetyevo
 * New York-JFK
 * Orlando-Sanford (seasonal only)
 * Oslo
 * Rome-Fiumicino
 * Paris-Charles de Gaulle
 * Sofia
 * Stockholm-Arlanda
 * Toronto-Pearson

Criticisms
When the application for the airports construction was given the green light in 1985, there was considerable uproar and protest from the residents of the nearby villages, particularly that of Grengenvald, the town closest to the airport. Despite a petition of over 15,000 names delivered to Magdalen House rejecting the proposal, the government did not take notice, and construction went ahead. The government and airport operators have been criticized for this ever since.