Interregional Fluggesellschaft
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| Founded | August 1967 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1968 | ||||||
Ceased operations | January 1974 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Employees | 45 | ||||||
Interregional Fluggesellschaft mbH (IFG) was a German regional airline that was based in Dusseldorf. It was active in the first part of 1970s.
History
[edit]IFG origins can be traced back to 1966 when LTU began using the Düsseldorf-Hanover and Düsseldorf-Bremen routes which were subsidized by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with its Fokker 27.[2] The airline initially used Lufthansa flight numbers. Shortly after the Düsseldorf-Saarbrücken route was added with a Nord 262.[citation needed] The load factor for these flights were 40%.[2]
Interregional Fluggesellschaft GmbH (IFG) was then founded in August 1967 as an LTU subsidiary but started flying officially on 1 January of the following year taking over all the above mentioned routes. The fleet was made up by a Fokker 27 and two Nord 262.[3] A seasonal connection to Westerland/Sylt was added in the early 1970s.[4] Especially on weekends, the fleet was also engaged in short and medium-haul charter flights, focusing on southern Europe (Italy, Corsica island). Rising fuel prices and an ATC strike led to IFG ceasing to fly on 25 January 1974.[5]
Fleet
[edit]- 2 x Fokker F-27 in service 1969-1974[6][7]
- 2 x Nord 262 in service 1972-1974[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ jp airline-fleets 1973, S. 24
- 1 2 Der deutsche Luftverkehr 1955-2000. Bernard & Graefe. p. 372. ISBN 3-7637-6121-7.
- ↑ "World Airline Survey". Flight International. London: 576. 10 April 1969.
- ↑ "World Airline Survey". Flight International. London: 457. 27 March 1973.
- ↑ "World Airline Survey". Flight International. London: 36. 21 March 1974.
- ↑ Barnes, F.G. (1979). The Fokker F 27 Friendship. Tonbridge (Kent - U.K.): Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. pp. …54. ISBN 0 85130 073 1.
- ↑ "Fluggesellschaft IFG mußte ihren Betrieb einstellen". Hamburger Abendblatt. 1974-01-22. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ↑ Nord 262. Hounslow (Middlesex - U.K.): Airline Publications & Sales Ltd. 1972. pp. 14–15.