CityBird

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CityBird
CityBird (logo).png
IATA ICAO Callsign
H2CTBDREAM FLIGHT
FoundedAugust 6, 1996
Ceased operationsOctober 4, 2001
Hubs Brussels Airport
Subsidiaries CityBird France
Fleet size16
Destinations+50
Parent company CityBird Holding S.A.
Headquarters Melsbroek Air Base, Zaventem, Belgium
Key people Victor Hasson (Chairman & CEO)
Georges Gutelman
Employees+600 (2001)
Website Former website

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.

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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."

Destinations in the western hemisphere

According 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]

South America

CityBird also served over 50 destinations in Europe from its Brussels hub.

Fleet

A CityBird 737-800 at Maastricht/Aachen Airport B738 CityBird OO-CYN MST August 2001.jpg
A CityBird 737-800 at Maastricht/Aachen Airport
A CityBird MD-11 101ad - City Bird MD-11; OO-CTB@ZRH;01.08.2000 (5134752909).jpg
A CityBird MD-11

CityBird operated the following aircraft: [4]

CityBird fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Airbus A300-600RF 219992001
Boeing 737-300 120002001
Boeing 737-400 4
Boeing 737-800 320012001
Boeing 767-300ER 319982001
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 519962001

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References

  1. "CityBird Offices." CityBird. Retrieved on 3 November 1999.
  2. http://www.timetableimages.com, CityBird system timetable covers
  3. "Citybird".
  4. "City Bird Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved March 16, 2024.