Interregional Fluggesellschaft

Interregional Fluggesellschaft (IFG)

Nord 262
IATA ICAO Call sign IP1 — —
Founded	August 1967
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.

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. 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

• 2 x Fokker F-27 in service 1969-1974⁶⁷
• 2 x Nord 262 in service 1972-1974⁸