Interregional airline
| Interregional Fluggesellschaft mbH | |
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| IATA code : | - |
| ICAO code : | IP |
| Call sign : | |
| Founding: | 1967 |
| Operation stopped: | 1974 |
| Seat: |
Dusseldorf , Germany
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| Home airport : | Dusseldorf Airport |
| Company form: | GmbH |
| Number of employees: | 45 |
| Fleet size: | 2 |
| Aims: | National |
| Interregional Fluggesellschaft mbH ceased operations in 1974. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
The Interregional Fluggesellschaft mbH , shortly IFG , was a German airline based in Dusseldorf .
history
The origins of the IFG can be found in 1966 some time before the actual foundation. At that time, for example, the LTU used Fokker F-27 aircraft for the first time on the German domestic regional routes Düsseldorf - Hanover and Düsseldorf - Bremen supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . The flights were carried out using Lufthansa flight numbers; Personnel and aircraft were provided by the LTU. A short time later, a Nord 262 was also used on the Düsseldorf - Saarbrücken route . The LTU was satisfied with the utilization, even though it was initially just 40%. With the conviction that start-up losses had to be borne, the LTU then announced in November 1968 the acquisition of a further Nord 262 to operate the Saarbrücken - Stuttgart and Saarbrücken - Munich routes . In addition, the subsidiary Interregional Fluggesellschaft mbH was founded on August 26, 1967 in Düsseldorf.
This now took over the domestic German connections and received in addition to the two Nord 262 in April 1969 two of the meanwhile four Fokker F28s of the parent company LTU. In addition, the frequency on the Düsseldorf - Saarbrücken connection was increased from twice to three times a day. In the winter of the same year, the IFG expanded its range of charter flights to Italy to include flight and hotel arrangements to Austria. In 1971 the last-mentioned combination trips were expanded. In addition, one flew from Düsseldorf to Brussels. In the meantime, it became clear for the LTU that the IFG only incurred large losses. In response, the frequency on the Düsseldorf - Saarbrücken route was reduced again and a Nord 262 and the Düsseldorf - Bremen connection were sold to the German branch of the Danish Cimber Air based in Kiel.
However, the IFG's financial situation worsened considerably due to rising fuel prices and a long-lasting air traffic controller strike, so that the Federal Aviation Office finally withdrew the company's operating license due to insufficient economic efficiency. IFG consequently ceased operations on January 25, 1974 - meanwhile debts of 1.5 million DM had accumulated.
Destinations
IFG served various destinations all over Germany from Düsseldorf Airport.
In addition, special flights were offered during trade fairs and seasonal connections to Sylt .
fleet
When operations ceased in January 1974, the IFG fleet consisted of two Fokker F-27s .
See also
Web links
- IFG flight plans on timetableimages.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ jp airline-fleets 1973, p. 24
- ^ Karl D. Seifert: The German air traffic 1955-2000 . Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7637-6121-7 , pp. 372 .
- ^ A b Joachim Wölfer: German Passenger Aviation from 1955 to today . ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin, Bonn, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-8132-0477-4 , pp. 105-106 .
- ↑ Klaus Vomhof: Leisure Airlines of Europe . SCOVAL Publishing Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne 2001, ISBN 1-902236-09-2 .
- ↑ a b Airline IFG had to cease operations. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. January 22, 1974, accessed on November 7, 2015 (Required to log in to access Wikipedia. To avoid this, search and access articles on Google.).
