Thursday, May 7, 2009

111: GREAT HISTORY!!!

  • The company was founded on January 6, 1926 in Berlin, following a merger between "Deutsche Aero Lloyd" (DAL) and " Junkers Luftverkehr". The company's original name was Deutsche X Aktiengesellschaft. X, as one word, has been used since 1933. On December 9, 1927, Deutsche X , on behalf of the German government, established an agreement with the Spanish government authorising an air service between the two countries. This included a capital investment to establish an airline that would eventually become Iberia.
  • It is also the founder member of Star Alliance.
  • The X Logo , an encircled Crane in flight, was created in 1918. It was part of the livery of the first German airline, Deutsche Luftreederej GmbH (DLR), which began air service on February 5, 1919.
Identify this Airline company??

Answer: LUFTHANSA AIRLINES.

Roshan, Arjun , Susa , Gaurav , Vinay R M , Chandrakant and Sandeep have cracked the answer.