General Air
former German regional airline
The name General Air was common to three different airlines, even if connected by a historical and operational thread.
History
General Air GmbH & Co. K.G.
The air carrier was founded in 1962 as a charter and aerial work operator. Dornier Do.27 and Do.28 aircraft were used for the first operations. Initially General Air connected Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel airport with the communities of Wangerooge, Helgoland, and Sylt with ad hoc flights. In 1967 the first DHC 6 was added to the fleet (later to become three in the fleet). This versatile 19-seat twin-engine aircraft was instrumental in opening the first scheduled routes in April 1968.
Subsequently, as business grew (especially seasonally), the company also purchased a Convair 440, which was essentially used on flights on behalf of Lufthansa. However, the growth plans were not accompanied by good financial results, and in May 1972, all scheduled flights were interrupted. The company then survived only with on-demand and charter flights until 1974, when it was completely reconstituted under the name Hadag Air.
“General Air” enters the record as former German regional airline. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what General, former and German can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1501523. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1962, 1967, 1968 and 1972.
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