APRIL 1, 1955-APRIL 1, 2025 70 YEARS OF LUFHANSA
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| By Konstantin von Wedelstaedt - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Lufthansa/Lockheed-L-1049G-Super/0158905/LPhoto http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/0/9/0158905.jpg, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26879774 |
LUTHANSA was founded 72 years ago (1953) in Cologne , Germany over the ashes former Deustche Lufthansa , which was liquidated in 1951 due to its association with the Nazi regime. At the moment of its foundation, the country did not have sovereignty over is air space. Nevertheless, it did not prevent the company to order 4 Convair 340 for its domestic and European network and 4 Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation for its intercontinental network.
The convairs were delivered :
D-ACAD : 20/08/1954
D-ACEF : 18/10/1954
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| By Jon Proctor - Gallery page https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/6986485Photo https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/1/44256_1289616203.jpg, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31452080 |
D-ACOG : 26/10/1954
D-ACIG : 28/10/1954
the Flights began on April 1, 1955
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| From the collection of Bjorn Larsson @ www.timetableimages.com |
First flights were LH102 and LH102. D-ACEF a convair-340-068 operated the first postwar flight.
The routes were
LH 102 & LH 104 : HAMBURG-DUSSELDORF-FRANKFURT-MUNICH
and
LH 100 /LH 101: HAMBURG-COLOGNE-FRANKFURT-MUNICH
operated by 44-seat Convair 340
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| NETWORK LENGTH 1331km |
LONDON, PARIS & MADRID will be added in May 1955
SHANNON & NEW YORK will be added in June 1955 with the delivery of D-ALAK (29/3/1955 ), D-ALEM (19/4/1955) and D-ALOP (28/05/1955)
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By September 1955, the network covered 11,905 km
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