They flew a fleet of twelve aircraft including the Boeing 767-300ER, various Boeing 737 models, the Airbus A300-600R and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Over 50 European cities were served via Brussels. Citybird employed over 600 employees as of 2001 and was listed at NASDAQ Europe a.k.a. Eastdaq under the ticker symbol CBIR (CityBird holding SA) in November 1997. Though they had bought their first MD-11 in December 1996, they did not begin operations until March 1997.
Their planes offered a "Royal Eagle" business class, "Premium Flamingo" class (not on Newark flights), and "Colibri" economy class. They used the "point-to-point" approach to air travel rather than the "hub and spoke" wherein all transatlantic flights (from Los Angeles, Newark, Oakland, Miami, Orlando or Mexico City) went to Brussels Airport (BRU). All aircraft featured the airline's tagline, "The Flying Dream."
In July 1999, CityBird began cargo activities using two A300-600 "full freighters."
citybird, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2010, learn. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources CityBird news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message CityBird S A was an airline founded in 1996 and based in Building 117D Melsbroek Air Base in Zaventem 1 The airline filed for bankruptcy in October 2001 Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium considered buying them out of bankruptcy but later pulled out CityBirdIATA ICAO Callsign H2 CTB DREAM FLIGHTFoundedAugust 6 1996Ceased operationsOctober 4 2001HubsBrussels AirportSubsidiariesCityBird FranceFleet size16Destinations 50Parent companyCityBird Holding S A HeadquartersMelsbroek Air Base Zaventem BelgiumKey peopleVictor Hasson Chairman amp CEO Georges GutelmanEmployees 600 2001 WebsiteFormer website They flew a fleet of twelve aircraft including the Boeing 767 300ER various Boeing 737 models the Airbus A300 600R and the McDonnell Douglas MD 11 Over 50 European cities were served via Brussels Citybird employed over 600 employees as of 2001 and was listed at NASDAQ Europe a k a Eastdaq under the ticker symbol CBIR CityBird holding SA in November 1997 Though they had bought their first MD 11 in December 1996 they did not begin operations until March 1997 Their planes offered a Royal Eagle business class Premium Flamingo class not on Newark flights and Colibri economy class They used the point to point approach to air travel rather than the hub and spoke wherein all transatlantic flights from Los Angeles Newark Oakland Miami Orlando or Mexico City went to Brussels Airport BRU All aircraft featured the airline s tagline The Flying Dream In July 1999 CityBird began cargo activities using two A300 600 full freighters Contents 1 Destinations in the western hemisphere 2 Fleet 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDestinations in the western hemisphere editAccording to the airline s timetable covers the following destinations in the western hemisphere were served by CityBird from its hub in Brussels 2 North America 3 Cuba Varadero Mexico Cancun Mexico City United States Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami New York City served via the Newark Liberty International Airport Oakland San Francisco was served via the Oakland International Airport Orlando South America Suriname Paramaribo CityBird also served over 50 destinations in Europe from its Brussels hub Fleet edit nbsp A CityBird 737 800 at Maastricht Aachen Airport nbsp A CityBird MD 11 CityBird operated the following aircraft 4 CityBird fleet Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes Airbus A300 600RF 2 1999 2001 Boeing 737 300 1 2000 2001 Boeing 737 400 4 Boeing 737 800 3 2001 2001 Boeing 767 300ER 3 1998 2001 McDonnell Douglas MD 11 5 1996 2001See also editList of defunct airlines of BelgiumReferences edit CityBird Offices CityBird Retrieved on 3 November 1999 http www timetableimages com CityBird system timetable covers Citybird City Bird Fleet Details and History Planespotters net Retrieved March 16 2024 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Citybird CityBird Archive Airlines Remembered Portals nbsp Belgium nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CityBird amp oldid 1215077638, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
