General Air

General Air
General Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter in 1967
IATA ICAO Call sign
- GQ -
Founded1962
Ceased operations1976
Fleet size4

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

See also

List of defunct airlines of Germany

References

  1. ^ "Alle kommen dran". Der Spiegel (in German). 1975-10-19. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
  2. ^ ZEIT (Archiv), D. I. E. (1975-11-21). "Ein Reinfall für die Russen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2026-03-14.