Interflug

Interflug GmbH (; ) was the national airline of East Germany (officially the “German Democratic Republic”) from 1963 to 1991. Based in East Berlin, it operated scheduled and chartered flights to European and intercontinental destinations out of its hub at Berlin Schönefeld Airport, focusing on Comecon countries. Interflug also had significant crop dusting operations. Following German reunification, the company was liquidated.

Key facts

Airline.airline: INTERFLUG Gesellschaft für internationalen Flugverkehr m.b.H.
Airline.logo: Interflug.svg
Airline.logo_size: 250
Airline.IATA: IF
Airline.ICAO: IFL
Airline.callsign: INTERFLUG
Airline.hubs: Berlin Schönefeld Airport
Airline.headquarters: Schönefeld, Brandenburg, East Germany

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: airline
Country: German Democratic Republic
Headquarters: Berlin Schönefeld Airport
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Image: Tupolev Tu-134 DM-SCZ Interflug AMS 11.09.77 edited-2.jpg

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Commons category: Interflug
IATA airline designator: IF
ICAO airline designator: IFL
airline hub: Berlin Schönefeld Airport
inception: 1958-09-18
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1991-05-01
item operated: Airbus A310
native label: Interflug

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Founding years
East German national airline
Late 1980s and German reunification
Legacy
Route network
Flights to Western countries
Fleet
Accidents and incidents
Fatal
Non-fatal
Criminal incidents
In popular culture
InterCondor
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

==History== ===Founding years=== thumb|right|An Ilyushin Il-14 of Interflug at Schönefeld Airport in 1961, when the terminal building was under construction thumb|right|upright|Interflug office Haus des Reisens near Alexanderplatz in central East Berlin, 1971, now FITX building

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