Berline was an airline based in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, East Germany that operated from 1991 until 1994.

Company history

Berline's complete name was Die Berline, Berlin-Brandenburgisches Luftfahrtunternehmen and was formed by Interflug

Interflug

Interflug was the state airline of East Germany from 1963 to 1991, when it ceased operations following German reunification...

 using Ilyushin Il-18

Ilyushin Il-18

The Ilyushin Il-18 is a large turboprop airliner that became one of the best known Soviet aircraft of its era as well as one of the most popular and durable, having first flown in 1957 and still in use over 50 years later. The Il-18 was one of the world's principal airliners for several decades...

 from the parent company. Of those aircraft three were used for passenger service and two as freighters. At the beginning the airline was very successful and even added several Fokker 100 aircraft for charter flights. Everything seemed to be going well for Berline until 1994 when the banks withdrew further financing and on 30 April 1994 the company declared bankruptcy.