Interflug was the former state airline of the German Democratic Republic from 1963 until 1991, when it ceased operations following German reunification. Originally, the GDR called its national airline Deutsche Lufthansa (officially Deutsche Lufthansa GmbH der DDR), but this met opposition from the Federal Republic of Germany, with a court case in Bern awarding the Lufthansa trademark to the company in the Federal Republic of Germany. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... “East Germany” redirects here. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (-_-)East Germany(-_-) German reunification (German: ) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, in English commonly called East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG... Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ISIN: DE0008232125) (pronounced ) is the largest airline in Germany, and the second-largest in Europe (behind Air France-KLM, but before British Airways). ...

Interflug (shortened form of Internationaler Flug, international flight) was founded in 1958 as a second East German airline to operate charter flights, so in 1963 when the Lufthansa name was lost, Interflug provided its identity for East Germany's "new" flag carrier.

Based at Schönefeld airport near East Berlin in the GDR, Interflug used Soviet aircraft, such as the Ilyushin Il-62 (11 were bought) and Tupolev Tu-134 (18 were bought), although in the late 1980s it introduced three Airbus A310s. Landsat image of SXF Schönefeld International Airport (Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld) (IATA: SXF, ICAO: EDDB)is an international airport located on the south-eastern outskirts of Berlin, Germany, near Brandenburg, Germany. ... East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... Soviet redirects here. ... The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long range airliner. ... An Aeroflot Tu-134 sits on the tarmac The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name Crusty) was a Russian twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range widebody airliner developed from the Airbus A300 and manufactured by Airbus SAS. Perhaps the greatest attribute of the A310 is that of range. ...

Interflug operated mainly in Europe, particularly Eastern European countries in the Soviet bloc, although it also operated flights to New York City, Cuba, some countries in Africa, and in the late 1980s, to Southeast Asia. Domestically, Interflug carried 250,000 passengers in 1969. However, increasing traffic on the GDR's national railway, the Deutsche Reichsbahn, led to a noticeable decrease in passenger numbers. By 1971, the airline was flying between five East German cities, having discontinued all flights to Karl-Marx-Stadt. World map showing the location of Europe. ... Map of Eastern Europe Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... New York, NY redirects here. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... For the 1920-1945 company of the same name, see Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. ... Map of Germany showing Chemnitz Chemnitz (Sorbian/Lusatian Kamjenica, formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a city in Saxony, Germany. ...

The airline was also responsible for the running of the nation's airports. Following reunification, the airports in the former GDR were sold off separately.

Interflug was unable to survive the disappearance of its sponsor, the GDR government. In 1990, Lufthansa agreed to take a 26 percent stake in Interflug with the aim of an eventual merger, but this was met with stiff governmental opposition. In 1991, the money-losing airline was liquidated with its 32 aircraft being sold for US$192.3 million. Twelve of the Tu-134 jests were later acquired by Vietnam Airlines for domestic and regional flights until 1997. [1] The company's trio of Airbus A310 aircraft - the first major purchase of western-built aircraft by Interflug - were acquired by the Federal Government of Germany for use as VIP transports. ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Maldives the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... Vietnam Airlines is the national flag carrier of Vietnam, and was established as a state enterprise in April 1989. ...

External links

• Interflug - Airliners.net
• Airline Timetable Images