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Flybird bv - Gino Ciers is a Belgian hot-air balloon sightseeing operator founded in 1991. It mainly serves western Belgium, including areas around Bruges, Ypres, Kortrijk, Ghent, and the Flemish Ardennes. The site’s positioning is very clear: it is not simply reselling tickets, but operates flights with its own balloons, pilots, and team.
Its core product is hot-air balloon sightseeing flights. Each flight lasts about 65-75 minutes in the air, while the full activity—including meeting, briefing, flight, landing celebration, and wrap-up—takes around 3 hours. The service includes a safety briefing, pilot introduction, chase-car team, champagne, first-flight certificate, small gift, insurance, VAT, and fuel surcharge. In addition to standard shared flights, it also offers private VIP baskets, gift vouchers, romantic experiences such as proposals/Valentine’s Day flights, and corporate team-building or business incentive events. In the Kortrijk area, helicopter experiences can also be booked for groups of 3-6 people.
Pricing is relatively transparent: children aged 7-12 are €130/person; bookings for 1-2 people are €170/person; groups of 3 or more are €165/person. Private baskets start from €790, increasing by basket size, with the highest listed option on the page being €1,950 for 15 people. Large groups can contact the operator for special pricing. One important note: the website clearly states that it does not provide hotel or station transfers. After landing, friends or family need to follow the chase car and pick you up by car, or you can arrange a taxi at your own expense, averaging about €50.
Its strengths include a long operating history, extensive flight experience, an in-house fleet and pilots, clearly stated inclusions, and coverage of attractive tourist areas such as Bruges and Ypres. The flights mainly use smaller baskets, which can feel more personal than large sightseeing baskets. The downsides are that flights are highly weather-dependent, so last-minute rescheduling is always possible; the hot-air balloon season mainly runs from April 1 to October 15; and the website design is rather dated, with limited information on online payment, automated booking, and Chinese-language support.
It is suitable for travelers visiting western Belgium who want a special experience, as well as couples celebrating anniversaries, marriage proposals, family activities with children, and corporate team-building. If your itinerary is very tight, you cannot accept weather-related rescheduling, or you do not have transport arrangements, you should plan carefully.
Based on the nature of the website, it appears to be a standard tourism service site and should likely be directly accessible from mainland China. For payment, the pages mainly show European bank transfer information, with no visible Alipay, WeChat Pay, or Chinese-language interface. It is not especially convenient for Chinese tourists, though the English pages are sufficient for basic communication.
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