V-Bird stops operation !!

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 08 Oct 2004, 17:35

poor employees, they are always the ones that get punished most...

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 08 Oct 2004, 17:57

Damn, it's sad to see V-Bird going down.
I had a very good experience with them in May.
I hope that they can manage (with outside help) to make a "doorstart". (What's the translation of that?).

In December I had a flight MUC-NRN NRN-MUC planned, I probably can forget about that one now.

But not forgetting the crews at V-Bird, which made my V-Bird flight an unforgettable experience.

I also wonder what "Mister de Vlieger" is up to, there has been a lot of news about him/excel-aviation lately.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 08 Oct 2004, 18:35

Again a very sad news not only for the airline but also for our member V-Bird who worked for them

It's strange

... A couple of months ago V-Bird didn't had enough planes and leased some from different airlines to cover the needs, and now they are gone

As M. O'Leary said: "This winter will be a blood bath concerning bancrupcies of LCC".

Chris

AN124 · Post by **AN124** » 08 Oct 2004, 19:59

Just saw on the news that the board of VBird is working hard to get the airline back into the air.

They couldn't fly this morning because ILFC did ground the VBird A320 to ferrie them to Shannon. This according to the board of VBird.

I think that an airline that transportst 80.000 people a month can make a profit.

Let's hope the best for them. It's not completely over yet.

Best Regards,
Yvo

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 08 Oct 2004, 19:59

Avro wrote:As M. O'Leary said: "This winter will be a blood bath concerning bancrupcies of LCC".

Maybe he was aiming at his own airline, Ryanair

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 08 Oct 2004, 20:08

exelaviationgroup heeft zich definitief terug getrokken. het personeel van v-bird is inmiddels ingelicht. v-bird houdt op te bestaan.

[Translation by sn26567: ExcelAviationGroup has definitively withdrawn. The V-Bird staff has been informed. V-Bird stops existing.

I fell sorry for you, Bart, and wish you all the best. But let's try to keep with the rules of this forum by posting in English, or at least give a short English summary.]

AN124 · Post by **AN124** » 08 Oct 2004, 20:20

V-Bird wrote:exelaviationgroup heeft zich definitief terug getrokken. het personeel van v-bird is inmiddels ingelicht. v-bird houdt op te bestaan.

I feel sorry for you Bart.
Know you enjoyed working for them. Hope you will soon find another job.

Best Regards,
Yvo

liebensd · Post by **liebensd** » 08 Oct 2004, 20:53

Bart,

I also feel sorry for you.

For the pax there is some better news. Virgin Express will offer them a special ticet. 49€ is the fixed price.
The press release

Greetz,

Dave

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 08 Oct 2004, 21:00

AN124 wrote:
V-Bird wrote:exelaviationgroup heeft zich definitief terug getrokken. het personeel van v-bird is inmiddels ingelicht. v-bird houdt op te bestaan.
I feel sorry for you Bart.
Know you enjoyed working for them. Hope you will soon find another job.

Best Regards,
Yvo

I also feel sorry for you Bart. I know it must be very hard for you.

Chris

vliegtuigfreak · Post by **vliegtuigfreak** » 08 Oct 2004, 21:04

Bart, i'm so sorry. I hope you will find an other aviation related job soon!
And for V-Bird: A nice fleet and nice colorsheme will disappear

Greetingzz
Sonny

Dude320 · Post by **Dude320** » 08 Oct 2004, 21:12

Bart,

Small question, what exactly you were doing within V Bird ?

Sad another Airbus Operator goes down....

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 08 Oct 2004, 21:16

charter and sales operations

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 08 Oct 2004, 21:47

Yes, this is sad news. I just checked the colorsheme. It was really nice. Some airlines could learn something from them. And indeed I don't understand why this company goes bankcrupt if they had 80 000 passangers a month. Maybe they didn't have enough investment money at the beginning or they started to big. I always say it is better to start small and to get bigger from there.

Well I hope Vueling will do better. As i can believe for the moment they are doing fine and are growing! And for the people at Vbird, lets hope somebody will come to your help and buy the company and start over again from scratch! I'm shure there must be a market for a company like Vbird!!

A318 · Post by **A318** » 09 Oct 2004, 13:35

Bye bye now, you are the first but defenitly not the last i'm afraid

Sorry to hear you lost your job Bart, but hey, I had the same on the beginning of this year and I made it back also! So cheer up my friend and go on the hunt for that job that is out there waiting for you!!!!!!
Check the site from the Exel Aviation Group since they are always looking for people, give it a shot, who knows!

Good luck,

Erwin

henkjan99 · Post by **henkjan99** » 09 Oct 2004, 14:08

V-Bird wrote:charter and sales operations

Charter???

Did VBird also do some charterstuff? Or is is the just the name of the job 'charter and sales operations'?

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 09 Oct 2004, 14:22

we did some charter in the summer

AN124 · Post by **AN124** » 09 Oct 2004, 14:28

Also have a look at Turbulentie.nl.
Never saw this before but there are all kinds of thank you message's posted to the VBird crew.

Best Regards,
Yvo

speedygonzales · Post by **speedygonzales** » 10 Oct 2004, 03:25

EPS_Aviation wrote:Hi All, seems ILFC are quick
all 3 A320 ferried to SNN/EINN Shannon this morning using regs as callsigns
PH-VAD dep 1033lt
PH-VAE dep 1037lt
PH-VAC dep 1039lt

All 3 aircraft are now at the Air Canada Maintenance Base in YWG/CYWG (Winnipeg, Manitoba) for a "lease return check".
(Flown here via YYR/CYYR - Goose Bay, Newfoundland)

Post by **sn26567** » 10 Oct 2004, 10:21

Thanks for information, speedygonzales, and welcome to the Luchtzak website!

Welcome also to henkjan99 for his first post.

henkjan99 · Post by **henkjan99** » 10 Oct 2004, 13:06

Thanks!

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