OILAG
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| Founding: | 1923 |
| Operation stopped: | 1939 |
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| Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG ceased operations in 1939. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
The Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG , shortly ÖLAG or OELAG was an airline based in Vienna . It was founded in 1923 and merged with Deutsche Lufthansa in 1939 . Home airport was Vienna-Aspern .
history
On May 3, 1923, Walter Bardas-Bardenau received approval from the Austrian government to set up an airline. In the now emerging Österreichische Luftverkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft he took a one percent stake, the remaining shares went to Österreichische Eisenbahn-Verkehrsanstalt AG (until 2001: Österreichische Eisenbahn-Verkehrs-Anstalt GmbH: 50%) and Junkers-Werke (49%) ).
The aircraft fleet initially consisted of Junkers F 13 . The company's first flight took place on May 14, 1923 from Munich to Vienna; The pilot was Hans Baur . The landing took place in Vienna-Jedlesee ; there was a conversion to swimmers and the onward flight to Budapest.
The company initially operated within the framework of the Trans-Europa-Union founded by Junkers . The flight destinations included Munich , Budapest , Nuremberg , Graz , Klagenfurt and St. Wolfgang . Some destinations in Austria were flown to with seaplanes. The dissolution of the Union in September 1926 led to the termination of some connections.
From 1927, the company procured new aircraft with government support. The operating company agreement with Deutsche Luft Hansa , which was concluded in the same year, provided for line connections that were planned and operated jointly by both companies. In the period that followed, a route network was created that extended from Vienna to Berlin , Budapest and Milan . In 1932, Luft Hansa took over the 49% share previously held by Junkers. After the end of the global economic crisis , the fleet was supplemented with several Junkers Ju 52 / 3m .
In 1938 the company began planning flight connections to Rome , Paris and London . For this purpose, the use of Junkers Ju 90 was planned. After Austria was annexed to Germany in March 1938, these plans were abandoned. The airline now came completely under the control of Lufthansa and was incorporated into it on January 1, 1939. In June 1939 the company was deleted from the commercial register.
fleet
With the exception of a Douglas DC-2, all aircraft were from Junkers. Many aircraft were leased from Luft Hansa (from 1933 Lufthansa ) and only used for a short time for ÖLAG.
In 1939 Lufthansa took over the six still airworthy Ju 52s. The few older aircraft that had survived, including a G 24, were decommissioned in the following months.
The following aircraft were temporarily in use for the ÖLAG:
- 22 Junkers F 13
- procured between 1923 and 1929
- 1 Junkers G 23
- Chartered by Lufthansa in 1927
- 3 Junkers G 24
- procured between 1924 and 1931
- 1 Junkers G 31
- procured in 1928
- 1 Douglas DC-2
- employed 1934-1936 mainly as a government plane, thereafter to Swissair sold
- 7 Junkers Ju 52 / 3m
- procured between 1935 and 1938
Incidents
- On August 14, 1930, an F 13 crashed near Weiler im Allgäu , killing the pilot.
- On September 2, 1930, an F 13 crashed near Wallgau , killing the pilot.
Until 1938 the ÖLAG flew without a passenger accident.
See also
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Individual evidence
- ^ Reinhard Keimel : Luftfahrzeugbau in Österreich , 1993 page 15