V Bird

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V Bird (IATA: 5D, ICAO: VBA, and Callsign: VeeBee) (V Bird Airlines Netherlands BV) was a low-cost airline based in the Netherlands which operated services to northern and southern Europe. Its headquarters were at the former RAF airbase Laarbruch in Weeze, which at that time was known as Niederrhein. Currently it is called Düsseldorf-Weeze.

[edit] History

The airline was established in 2003 and started operations on 27 October 2003. The airline suspended operations on 8 October 2004 and filed for and was subsequently granted bankruptcy on 18 October 2004. V Bird received an offer from an unnamed potential backer three days later with a view to restarting operations, but the airline was liquidated in early January 2005.

[edit] Fleet

The V Bird fleet consisted of 4 Airbus A320-200 aircraft.

• PH-VAC (Leased from ILFC)
• PH-VAD (Leased from ILFC)
• PH-VAE (Leased from ILFC)
• PH-BMC (Leased from Dutchbird, returned to Dutchbird since 26/05/2004)

[edit] External links

• V Bird Details and Fleet History

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