Sabena 690 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1680 times:
x they started a long haul low cost product which ended up as a disaster (horrible financial results). They flew to MIA, LAX,...
Question: I guess yes, but can anybody confirm that also their charter flights were heavily loss making? I believe the biggest problem were the long haul low cost flights...
MD11's were indeed factory fresh I believe, with OO-CTC (which was leased to Sabena) being the last ever pax MD11 built (now flying for AY as OH-LGE)
Management of CTB let already an airline go bankrupt before...
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1611 times:
When I flew BOS-BRU on Sabena back in 1999, our flight was originally supposed to be operated by a CityBird MD-11. But, we got a last minute switch to an SN A333.
Apuneger From Belgium, joined Sep 2000, 3026 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1603 times:
Yeah, I flew on them BRU-LAX and OAK-BRU back in 1998.
I must say I really liked them. They had a good inflight product (as far as I can remember), the service was always good, and they had a really nice innovative livery.
They went bankrupt a couple of months before SN 'died' as well, back in 2001. Now, if I remember correct, the bankruptcy of CityBird lead to the creation of Thomas Cook Belgium. Thomas Cook preferred to let CityBird die and create a brand-new airline from scratch than saving them and having a financially unhealthy airline.
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