V Bird (IATA: VX, ICAO: VBA, Call sign: VeeBee) (V Bird Airlines Netherlands BV) was a low-cost airline based in the Netherlands which operated services to northern and southern Europe. Its head office was on the grounds of Maastricht Aachen Airport in Beek, Netherlands.[1][2]

V Bird

A V Bird Airbus A320
Commenced operations	27 October 2003
Ceased operations	January 2005
Operating bases	Maastricht Aachen Airport

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.

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 until 26 May 2004)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to V Bird.

• V Bird (Archive)
• V Bird Details and Fleet History

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