Fleet list of AB Aerotransport (1924 - 1945) By: Rob Mulder, www.europeanairlines.no We would like to receive information from the reader about the mistakes in this list. Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration One of the largest airline companies in Sweden was the AB Aerotransport. The airline company started as a Junkers-affiliated airline company, became independent and stayed around long enough to exist even today as a part...
Fleet list of Compagnie Aérienne Française – CAF (1919-1937)
Fleet list of Compagnie Aérienne Française – CAF (1919-1937) Compelled by: Robert Ésperou For: www.europeanairlines.no Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed between repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration Little is known about this French airline company. But it was one of the first companies founded in France. It operated a large fleet with a great mixture of different types. Robert Ésperou has been so kind to send the Fleet information to us and we have...
Fleet list of Deutscher Aero Lloyd AG (1923-1926)
Fleet list of Deutscher Aero Lloyd AG (1923-1926) Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed between repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration One of the most mysterious airline fleets is the fleet of the Deutscher Aero Lloyd AG from Germany. The DAL was the successor of the Deutsche Luftreederei GmbH and it became in 1926 one of the parent companies of the Deutsche Luft Hansa AG. Its fleet has been extensive and we wonder if all...
Fleet of day Société Anonyme Air Bleu
Fleet of day Société Anonyme Air Bleu (1935-1937) By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no Under the leadership of Beppo de Massini the Société Anonyme Air Bleu was founded in Paris on May 23, 1935 with a stock capital of 5 million French Francs. He became the manager director of the company and found Didier Daurat prepared to accept the function of Director of Exploitation. The reason for use of the company name Société Air Bleu was that airmail letters were on blue paper, popularly called les petits bleus (the small blue ones). The company operated with success a number of airmail...
Fleet list of Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG (1923-1938)
Fleet list of Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG - ÖLAG (1923-1938) By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration wfu = Withdrawn from use Junkers Flugzeugwerk AG formed this Austrian airline company in 1923. It owned 85 % of the company’s shares.ÖLAG was formed as an Austrian partner on a route to Germany, but soon turned its attention towards other air services. Especially after the merger...
Fleet list of Società Anonima di Navigazione Aerea – SANA (1925-1934)
Fleet list of Società Anonima di Navigazione Aerea - SANA (1925-1934) Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration wfu = Withdrawn from use The company was formed on January 19, 1925 as a subsidiary of the Società Anonima Italiana Constrizioni Meccaniche - SAICM and the Banca Commerciale Italiano. Operated air service by Dornier flying boats across the Mediterranean and along the Italian coast. Taken over by the State-owned...
Fleet list of Liniile Aeriene Romane Exploatate de Statul
Liniile Aeriene Romane Exploatate de Statul - LARES (1930-1937) Liniile Aeriene Romane Exploatate cu Statul - LARES (1937-1945) By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no We would like to receive information from the reader about the mistakes in this list. Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration One of the largest airline companies in the Balkan prior to the Second World War was the Romanian airline company LARES. It was...
Fleet list of Drustvo za Vazdrisni Saobracaj A.D. – Aeroput (1927-1941)
Fleet list of Drustvo za Vazdrisni Saobracaj A.D. - Aeroput (1927-1941) Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration wfu = Withdrawn from use The company was formed in 1927 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and operated mainly domestic air services with French constructed aircraft. In the mid-thirties the fleet was modernized with American Lockheed L.10A Electra’s. After the German occupation of Yugoslavia the company was...
Nordbayerischer Verkehrsflug GmbH (1926-1931) and Deutscher Verkehrsflug AG (1931-1934)
Fleet list of Nordbayerischer Verkehrsflug GmbH (1926-1931) Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration The Nordbayerischer Verkehrsflug GmbH was formed to operate regional air service not interesting for the national carrier Deutsche Luft Hansa AG-DLH. Soon the company became a popular sight around the regional airports in mainly eastern parts of Germany. The company was reconstructed in 1931 as the Deutscher Verkehrsflug AG as...
Air Cargo a la Junkers
Air Express Co Ltd, Luftfrako and Deutramp By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no With the introduction of civil aviation at the end of the Great War (1914-1918) the aircraft started to find implant in the transportation of airmail and cargo. The trade and industry were not yet ready for this new form of transportation and could at that moment not foresee the great impact the aircraft would have. Its potential payload was not recognized either. But that would soon change. The story here is about the Trost Brothers and their co-operation with Junkers Flugzeugwerk AG and the German Junkers-affiliated air brokers...