Aerolloyd
| PLL Aerolot SA | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | - |
| ICAO code : | - |
| Call sign : | - |
| Founding: | 1922 |
| Operation stopped: | 1928 |
| Seat: |
Warsaw , Poland
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| Home airport : | Warsaw Mokotów Airport |
| Management: | Aleksander Wygard |
| Number of employees: | 120 |
| Passenger volume: | 4,460 |
| Fleet size: | 15th |
| Aims: | 6th |
| PLL Aerolot SA ceased operations in 1928. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Aerolloyd or Aerolot was an active Polish airline from 1922 to 1928 with its headquarters in Warsaw and the base at Mokotów Airport . The company initially operated as Polska Linja Lotnicza "Aerolloyd" Sp. Z oo and after the change in legal form in 1925 as Polska Linja Lotnicza "Aerolot" SA
history
The first permanently operated airline in Poland was founded by the mineral oil companies Fanto and Polnaft. On September 29, 1922, the Ministry of Railways signed a concession and grant agreement with Aerolloyd. The Army Ministry also made it possible to use military facilities such as airfields and aircraft yards. The management was made up of Ignacy Wygard and Bronisław Dunin-Rzuchowski. The aircraft, including ground technology and personnel, was made available by the Junkers factories in Dessau and the Danziger Luftpost and financed through long-term loans. Thus Aerolloyd was dependent on the foreign companies. The airline's first technical manager was Erhard Milch from Danziger Luftpost. Initially the only Pole in technical operations was the head of air traffic in Warsaw, Aleksander Kurmański. At the beginning of 1925 there were eight pilots of Polish nationality in the company.
The nationalist press agitated against the German-run company and the government, which regularly subsidized it despite the customs war . Finally, on March 26, 1925, the Army Ministry ordered the airline to be Polonized . In May 1925 the name was changed to "Aerolot" (from ' aero ' and 'lot', Polish for flight ). Aleksander Wygard, brother of the previous managing director, was appointed to the management board. Eight more Polish pilots were trained within a few months, so that all Germans could be replaced.
Due to the presidential ordinance of March 14, 1928, Aerolot was taken over by Linje Lotnicze LOT on December 27, 1928 . The 120 employees were also employed by the new company.
Destinations
In 1928 the following lines were operated:
In the last year of operation, Aerolot carried 4,460 passengers.
fleet
The Aerolloyd received six Junkers F 13s in 1922 , which were registered with the marks PP-ALA to PP-ALF (changed to P-PALA to P-PALF in 1925 ). Three more aircraft ( PP-ALG, PP-ALH and PP-ALK , later P-PAL ... ) were added in October 1923. In 1925 the company added seven more aircraft of the same type to its fleet, which were operated as P-PALL to P-PALS (three of which were put into service by Aerolloyd in April and four after being renamed Aerolot in July 1925). The last-mentioned machine was badly damaged and taken out of service in August 1925. The remaining Junkers F13 were taken over by LOT and used until 1936.
In addition, the Aerolot had a Junkers G 23W each in the summer months of 1925 and 1926 .
See also
literature
Mieczysław Mikulski, Andrzej Glass: Polski transport lotniczy 1918-1978 . Warsaw 1980, p. 50-54, 331-339 .
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