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Bastia-Poretta International airport (BIA): flight delays and compensation

Bastia-Poretta International airport. As an EU airport, every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. Here is what to expect if your flight was delayed or cancelled here, or you were stranded.

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In short: Any flight departing from Bastia-Poretta International airport that arrives 3 or more hours late, is cancelled less than 14 days before departure, or is overbooked can give €250–600 per passenger. Departures: EU261 with any airline.

About the airport

Bastia-Poretta International airport (BIA) serves Bastia, France. On the routes Eurostat reports, 1,313,490 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 166th-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Paris, Marseille, Nice, Lyon.

Every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline. Flights arriving here are covered if they depart from the EU, or if an EU airline operates them from outside the EU.

Busiest routes from Bastia – and what a delay is worth

The 13 busiest routes on Eurostat’s 2024 data, with the compensation for a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation in each direction.

DestinationPassengers 2024DistanceFrom BIAReturn
Paris ORY468,866882 km€250€250
Marseille MRS310,846361 km€250€250
Nice NCE140,357221 km€250€250
Lyon LYS90,897497 km€250€250
Nantes NTE75,4461,012 km€250€250
Strasbourg SXB41,268681 km€250€250
Lille LIL35,1291,015 km€250€250
Bordeaux BOD34,289858 km€250€250
Brussels CRL31,910959 km€250€250
Toulouse TLS23,172670 km€250€250
Geneva GVA22,865490 km€250€250
Basel BSL22,335582 km€250€250
Caen CFR16,1101,064 km€250€250

* only with an EU (or UK) airline. Passengers: Eurostat, both directions, routes reported by EU/EEA airports.

Air traffic flow delays at Bastia-Poretta (2025)

EUROCONTROL records the delay imposed on arriving flights when the airport or the airspace around it cannot take more traffic (air traffic flow management, “ATFM”). In 2025, 8,132 flights arrived at BIA; 2 of them were held back this way, 2 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.01 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

  • ATC capacity100%

Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)

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Worst days: 5 July 2025 – 115 minutes, mostly ATC capacity.

2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 6,555 arrivals, 0.00 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly aerodrome capacity (100%).

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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (100%) or airport limits – causes airlines often cite as extraordinary circumstances. They are only part of the story: most long delays come from the airline’s own operation (technical faults, crew, late inbound aircraft), which this data does not show. Source: EUROCONTROL.

Typical delay causes at Bastia-Poretta International airport

  • EUROCONTROL recorded 8,132 arrivals at BIA in 2025; 2 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 2 of them by more than 15 minutes.
  • The largest single cause of this flow delay was ATC capacity (100%).
  • The worst day was 5 July 2025, with 115 minutes of flow delay, mostly ATC capacity.
  • Most long delays that earn compensation are not flow delays but airline problems – technical faults, crew shortages and late inbound aircraft – which do not count as extraordinary circumstances.

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    With a connection, enter your first departure and your final destination – compensation is based on the total distance.

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    Local information

    • Ask the airline staff at the gate for the reason for the delay or cancellation and write it down; take a photo of the departure board.
    • From 2 hours’ delay (depending on distance) the airline must give you meals and drinks, and a hotel if you are stuck overnight – keep the receipts if you had to pay yourself.
    • If the airline rejects your claim, complain to the national enforcement body of the country where the flight departed (or arrived, for flights from outside the EU), or go to court.

    Frequently asked questions

    Can I claim compensation for a flight departing from Bastia-Poretta International airport?

    Yes. BIA is an EU airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline and wherever it is based.

    Can I claim compensation for a flight arriving at Bastia-Poretta International airport?

    If the flight departed from an EU airport: yes, with any airline. If it departed from the UK: yes, under UK261, with any airline. If it departed from elsewhere: only if an EU airline operated it.

    How is the length of the delay measured?

    By your arrival time at your final destination – more precisely, the moment the aircraft door opens at the gate. It must be at least 3 hours after the scheduled arrival time.

    Related guides

    Information only, not legal advice. Passenger figures are approximate and based on the airports' published statistics; punctuality figures are from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. We earn a commission when a claim submitted through our partner links is successful.

    Sources

    1. Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
    2. EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL

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