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They flew a fleet of 12 aircraft including 767-300ER, A300-600, 737 and MD-11 aircraft. They flew to more than 50 European cities via Brussels. Citybird employed over 600 employees as of 2001 and was listed on the NASDAQ EUROPE under ticker symbol CBIR (Citybird holding SA) in November 1997. Though they had bought their fist MD-11 in December 1996, they began operations in March 1997.

Their planes offered a "Royal Eagle" business class, "Premium Flamingo" class, and "Colibri" economy class. They used the "point-to-point" approach to flying rather than the "hub and spoke" wherein all flights (be it from Los Angeles, Newark, Oakland, Miami, Orlando or Mexico City) all went to Brussels. This article is about the largest city in California. ... Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA: EWR, ICAO: KEWR), formerly known as Newark International Airport, is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major city on the east side (also called East Bay) of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful Official website: http://www. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de MÃ©xico) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de MÃ©xico), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) in the South of Mexico, about 2,240 meters (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides...

Citybird, in July 1999 began doing cargo activities too. They worked with two A300-600 "full frieghters"

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