General Air
General Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter in 1967 | |||||||
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| Founded | 1962 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1976 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
General Air was a West German Airline based out of Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport.
History
General Air was founded in 1962 as a feeder airline, Dornier Do 27 and Do 28 aircraft were used. General Air initially connected the communities of Wangerooge , Helgoland , and Sylt. In 1967 the first DHC 6 was added to the fleet, this would later become 3 DHC 6. The airline added the first of what would be 5 Yakovlev YAK-40s in the fleet. In 1974 the airline secured additional investors but by 1976 the airline had ceased operations[1][2]
Fleet
- Beechcraft King Air A90
- Convair CV-440
- de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Dornier Do 27
- Dornier Do 28
- HFB 320
- Yakovlev Yak 40
See also
List of defunct airlines of Germany
Weblinks
References
- ^ "Alle kommen dran". Der Spiegel (in German). 1975-10-19. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ ZEIT (Archiv), D. I. E. (1975-11-21). "Ein Reinfall für die Russen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2026-03-14.