[1] It was privately owned and operated a medium-sized European network from its main base at Landvetter.

[2] The airline was wholly owned by Investment AB Janus of Gothenburg and employed 110 staff (as of July 2007).

City Airline was established in 1997, originally operating wet leases for British Midland Airways.

On 10 September 2001, it started its own regional services from Gothenburg, much of which correspond to the needs of large companies based in Gothenburg, most notably Volvo Cars with its links to Birmingham (Jaguar Cars), Volvo Trucks with links to Lyon (Renault Trucks) and AstraZeneca with links to Manchester Airport.

As of August 2011, the City Airline fleet included the following aircraft with an average age of 13.9 years: