Deutsche Luft-Reederei (D.L.R.), was a German airline established in December 1917 which started operating in 1919.
14-512: [REDACTED] Look up DLR in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. DLR may refer to: Companies and organizations [ edit ] Deutsche Luft-Reederei , the first German airline Deutschlandradio , a German radio network Deutschlandradio Kultur or DLR Kultur, a German radio station German Aerospace Center ( Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt ) DLR Group ,
28-525: A German radio station German Aerospace Center ( Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt ) DLR Group , a U.S. engineering and design firm Mathematics and technology [ edit ] Design layout record , of telecommunication circuit Displacement–length ratio of a vessel Dynamic Language Runtime , Microsoft software Transportation [ edit ] Docklands Light Railway , London, England Other uses [ edit ] DLR Band , an album by David Lee Roth Arise
42-408: A U.S. engineering and design firm Mathematics and technology [ edit ] Design layout record , of telecommunication circuit Displacement–length ratio of a vessel Dynamic Language Runtime , Microsoft software Transportation [ edit ] Docklands Light Railway , London, England Other uses [ edit ] DLR Band , an album by David Lee Roth Arise
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70-541: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Deutsche Luft-Reederei The name means "German (Deutsche) Air (Luft) Shipping Company (Reederei)". D.L.R. was reorganized as Aero Lloyd AG in 1923. In 1926 the German government forced the airline to merge with Junkers Luftverkehr to form Deutsche Luft Hansa , the flag carrier of the Weimar Republic . The airline's logo
84-519: The Netherlands , Scandinavia and the Baltic Republics . In 1919, D.L.R. was one of the founding members of International Air Traffic Association , the predecessor to today's IATA . In 1920 the D.L.R. carried 2665 passengers, in 1921 8341. From 1919 to 1921 there were no serious accidents and no fatalities, only some minor injuries. Since instrument flight had not been developed yet, flying
98-646: The Republic ( Debout la République ), a political party in France Dicționarul Limbii Române , the most comprehensive dictionary of the Romanian language DLR Lexicon , Dún Laoghaire, Ireland library Diamond league record , referring to statistics in track and field DLR , ‘Dirty Le Roi’ the drum and bass artist know for stepping funk. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
112-469: The Republic ( Debout la République ), a political party in France Dicționarul Limbii Române , the most comprehensive dictionary of the Romanian language DLR Lexicon , Dún Laoghaire, Ireland library Diamond league record , referring to statistics in track and field DLR , ‘Dirty Le Roi’ the drum and bass artist know for stepping funk. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
126-560: The board of AEG , was the driving force behind the airline. In spite of receiving government subsidies the airline was not profitable, so in 1923 AEG reorganized the D.L.R. and transferred its assets and operations to a new airline: Deutscher Aero-Lloyd . This was a joint venture of AEG, the HAPAG , Luftschiffbau Zeppelin , the Deutsche Bank and Dornier Metallbauten . D.L.R. was the first German airline to use heavier than air aircraft. DELAG
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#1732845365974168-428: Was a stylised crane , designed by Professor Otto Firle. This was adopted by Deutsche Luft Hansa in 1926, and again by Lufthansa in 1953. The AEG company, a large producer of electrical equipment, started building airplanes for the military during World War I. To create continued demand for this new product after the end of the war, the company started a commercial airline, the D.L.R. Walther Rathenau , chairman of
182-445: Was on February 5, 1919, carrying mail and newspapers from Berlin to Weimar . The airline began carrying passengers in the following month. More destinations were added, e.g. Hamburg , Hannover . In its first year, 1919, the airline operated regularly scheduled flights on routes with a combined length of 1580 km (nearly 1000 miles). By 1921 the route network was more than 3000 km (1865 miles) long, and included destinations in
196-529: Was the first German airline and the first airline in the world , but operated lighter than air airships made by the Zeppelin company. Like many other early European airlines, the D.L.R. operated former World War I military machines, e.g. the AEG J.II , LVG C.VI . At first all passengers rode in open cockpits, then some airplanes were modified to seat two or three passengers in an enclosed cabin. The first D.L.R. flight
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