Interflug
E310390
Interflug was the state-owned national airline of East Germany, operating international and domestic flights primarily within the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interflug canonical | 5 |
| INTERFLUG | 1 |
| Interflug, Deutsche Lufthansa der DDR | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2906999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interflug Context triple: [Tupolev Tu-134, usedBy, Interflug]
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A.
S7 Airlines
S7 Airlines is a major Russian airline based in Novosibirsk that operates extensive domestic and international routes, particularly across Russia, Europe, and Asia.
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B.
Lufthansa CityLine
Lufthansa CityLine is a German regional airline and Lufthansa subsidiary that operates short- and medium-haul routes across Europe, primarily feeding traffic into Lufthansa’s main hubs.
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C.
Crossair
Crossair was a former Swiss regional airline that served as the main predecessor to Swiss International Air Lines after the collapse of Swissair.
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D.
Lufthansa
Lufthansa is Germany’s largest airline and a major global carrier known for its extensive international network and role in shaping modern airline alliances.
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E.
Eurowings
Eurowings is a German low-cost airline and Lufthansa subsidiary that operates short- and long-haul flights across Europe and selected international destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interflug Target entity description: Interflug was the state-owned national airline of East Germany, operating international and domestic flights primarily within the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
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A.
S7 Airlines
S7 Airlines is a major Russian airline based in Novosibirsk that operates extensive domestic and international routes, particularly across Russia, Europe, and Asia.
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B.
Lufthansa CityLine
Lufthansa CityLine is a German regional airline and Lufthansa subsidiary that operates short- and medium-haul routes across Europe, primarily feeding traffic into Lufthansa’s main hubs.
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C.
Crossair
Crossair was a former Swiss regional airline that served as the main predecessor to Swiss International Air Lines after the collapse of Swissair.
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D.
Lufthansa
Lufthansa is Germany’s largest airline and a major global carrier known for its extensive international network and role in shaping modern airline alliances.
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E.
Eurowings
Eurowings is a German low-cost airline and Lufthansa subsidiary that operates short- and long-haul flights across Europe and selected international destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airline
ⓘ
state-owned enterprise ⓘ |
| alliance | none ⓘ |
| callsign |
Interflug
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
INTERFLUG
|
| ceasedOperations | 1991 ⓘ |
| country | East Germany ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1991 ⓘ |
| fleetSizeAtPeak | about 40 aircraft ⓘ |
| hadDivision |
charter operations division
ⓘ
maintenance and engineering division ⓘ |
| hadSubsidiary | Interflug agricultural aviation division ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
East Berlin
ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form:
German Democratic Republic
|
| hubAirport |
Berlin Schönefeld Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
|
| IATACode | IF ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | IFL ⓘ |
| inception | 1958 ⓘ |
| industry | aviation ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| legalForm | state enterprise ⓘ |
| mainCompetitor |
Aeroflot
ⓘ
Lufthansa ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | de ⓘ |
| officialName |
Interflug
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Interflug, Deutsche Lufthansa der DDR
|
| operatedAircraftType |
Airbus A310
ⓘ
An-24 ⓘ
surface form:
Antonov An-24
Ilyushin Il-18 ⓘ Ilyushin Il-62 ⓘ Tupolev Tu-134 airliner ⓘ
surface form:
Tupolev Tu-134
Tupolev Tu-154 ⓘ |
| operatedForState |
East Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
German Democratic Republic
|
| operatedInPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| operatedUnderPoliticalSystem | socialist planned economy ⓘ |
| owner | state of East Germany ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | government of East Germany ⓘ |
| primaryServiceRegion |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Eastern Bloc ⓘ Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution |
German reunification
ⓘ
privatization and market liberalization after 1990 ⓘ |
| serviceType |
cargo transport
ⓘ
charter flights ⓘ domestic flights ⓘ international flights ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ |
| shortName | Interflug self-link ⓘ |
| startOfOperations | 1963 ⓘ |
| successorAirline |
Lufthansa
ⓘ
surface form:
Lufthansa (on unified German market)
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Interflug Description of subject: Interflug was the state-owned national airline of East Germany, operating international and domestic flights primarily within the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tupolev Tu-134
this entity surface form:
Interflug, Deutsche Lufthansa der DDR