Private company

CityBird

Belgian charter airline

CityBird S.A. was a Belgian airline, established in August 1996 and based in Building 117D, Melsbroek Air Base in Zaventem. Flight operations to various destinations were started in the month of December. Schedules were launched on March 27 of the following year.2 It ceased to exist in 2001.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1
B738 CityBird OO-CYN MST August 2001
Photo: Paul Spijkers, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons4

CityBird S.A. was a Belgian airline, established in August 1996 and based in Building 117D, Melsbroek Air Base in Zaventem. Flight operations to various destinations were started in the month of December. Schedules were launched on March 27 of the following year.2

Products and brands

The following destinations in the Western Hemisphere were served by CityBird from Brussels

North America

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Cuba

Varadero

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Mexico

Cancún

Mexico City

United States

Las Vegas

Los Angeles

Miami

New York City (served via Newark Liberty International Airport)

Oakland (San Francisco was served via Oakland International Airport)

Orlando

South America

Suriname

Paramaribo

CityBird also served over 50 destinations in Europe from Brussels.

From Wikipedia’s article on CityBird, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2001Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1996Founded Founded1

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