Junkers Airline Activities
( 1919 to 1932 )

 

 

 

 

The following table shows the transportation figures of Junkers Luftverkehr between 1919 and 1925. Most of the datas are taken from Wolfgang Wagner: Der deutsche Luftverkehr - Die Pionierjahre 1919-1925, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz, 1987, ISBN 3-7637-5274-9, which is highly recommended to those interested in the development of Germany's initial airline history. If you have further Junkers airtraffic figures, please let me know.

Period

No. of
Flights

Flight
km

Passengers

kg Cargo

kg Mail

Remarks

Lloyd Ostflug GmbH 1921
Lloyd Ostflug GmbH 1922

n/a
n/a

264.622
336.139

665
1800

627.000
n/a

incl. in cargo
n/a

./.

Junkers Luftverkehr Russia Aug.-Sept. 1922
Junkers Luftverkehr Russia June-Oct. 1923
Junkers Luftverkehr Russia 1924

58
214
934

n/a
137.644
n/a

228
1.231
3.963

n/a
2.143
n/a

n/a
1.578
n/a

only Nishni Novogord Services are shown

only non-scheduled flights performed in 1924

Junkers Flugzeugwerke 1922

n/a

97.642

122

n/a

n/a

only Flugzeugwerke traffic

Worldwide Traffic April-Oct. 1923
European Traffic April-Oct. 1923

10.918
3.554

1.266.679
870.694

26.509
8.149

61.230
50.585

5.805
5.690

Figures include South America & Russia
as well as Junkers Sales Flight Tours

Worldwide Traffic April-Oct. 1924
European Traffic April-Oct. 1924

12.890
5.742

1.666.855
1,332720

35.880
12.674

97.614
83.750

14.863
14.206

Figures include South America & Russia
as well as Junkers Sales Flight Tours

European Traffic Jan.-Oct. 1925
Junkers Night Operations 1925
Scandinavian Union 1925

n/a
n/a
n/a

2.838.650
226.196
280.692

36.914
1
7996

523.514
3.233
89.108

incl. in Cargo

./.

Junkers Luftverkehr Persia 1927
Junkers Luftverkehr Persia 1930

n/a

193.039
701.256

2.812
4.826

38,359
250.000

incl. in Cargo

./.



Junkers affiliated Airlines:

The following table gives a short reference to the different affiliated airlines within the Junkers Luftverkehr consortium. Any comment upon missing informations are greatly welcome.

Company

Homebase

Year
Founded

Start of
Operations

Junkers
Shares

Union
Member

No. of
Junkers
aircraft

Remarks

A.B. Aerotransport

Sweden

27.03.24

01.06.24

unkn.

SU

2 x F13

./.

Ad Astra Aero

Switzerland

16.12.19

1925

50,0 %

TREU

4 x F13

TREU member since 1922

Aero O/Y

Finland

09.10.23

20.03.24

unkn.

OEU/SU

2 x F13

continued after the crash of Junkers Luftverkehr
today as Finnair

Aero Express AG

Hungary

Dec. 1922

Jan. 1923

unkn.

TREU

4 x F13

operations stopped in 1924, succeeded by Malert

Aerolloyd Warschau

Poland

July 1922

Sept. 1922

unkn.

OEU

14 x F13

other shareholder were Polish industrials
Seperated from Junkers in March 1925
continued as Polska Linia Aerolot

A.S. Aeronaut

Estonia

21.07.21

Sept. 1922

unkn.

OEU

3 x F13

Founded by Sablatnig Luftverkehr
Junkers affiliate since 1922

Aerotransport A.S.

Norway

unkn

unkn

unkn.

SU

unkn

./.

Badische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft

Karlsruhe

22.12.23

mid 1925

11,0 %

none

2 x F13

other shareholder was Province of Baden
company's capital 350.000 Mark

Bayerischer Luft-Lloyd

Munich

16.06.19

11.04.21

50,0 %

TREU

3 x F13

other shareholder was Province of Bavaria
Junkers affiliate since 1923

Bayerische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft

Munich

27.05.25

never

13,3 %

TREU

4 x F13, 3 x G24

other shareholder was Province of Bavaria, city of Munich
company's capital 1,5 million Marks
liquidated in June 1928

Dansk Lufttransport A.B.

Denmark

Jan 1925

April 1925

unkn.

SU

unkn

./.

Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule DVS

Berlin

1925

1925

14,3 %

none

none

Airliner Pilot School

Latvijas Gaisa Satikmes A/S

Riga

spring 1923

July 1923

unkn.

OEU

2 x F13

absorbed by Junkers Luftverkehr in 1925

Junkers Luftverkehr Russland

Moscow

1922

Aug. 1922

100,0 %

OEU

sev. F13

services suspended in the end of 1924

Junkers Luftverkehr Persien

Persia

26.02.26

08.02.27

100,0 %

none

6 x F13

operations stopped in 1932

Lineas Aereas Postales Espanoles

Spain

1925

unkn.

unkn.

none

unkn.

./.

Lloyd Junkers Luftverkehrsgesellschaft

Berlin

05.05.22

1922

50,0 %

OEU

./.

reorganisation of Lloyd Ostflug
company's capital 20.000 Mark

Lloyd Ostflug GmbH

Berlin

07.11.20

27.12.20

25,0 %

none

2 x F13

other shareholder were Norddeutscher Lloyd, Albatros, OIa
company's capital 4.000.000 RMark

Luftverkehrsgesellschaft Ruhrgebiet AG

Essen

24.02.25

20.04.25

11,0 %

TREU

5 x F13, 5 x G24

other shareholder were Ruhrgebiet cities and industrials
company's capital 2.050.000 Marks

Norddeutsche Luftverkehrs GmbH

Bremen

1925

1925

25,0 %

none

none

other shareholder was Aero-Lloyd group

Oberschlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft

Gleiwitz

03.02.25

13.03.25

3,6 %

TREU

3 x F13, 2 x G24

other shareholder was Province of Upper Silesia
company's capital 200.000 Mark

Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG

Austria

03.05.23

14.05.23

unkn.

TREU

2 x F13

./.

Rumpler Luftverkehrsgesellschaft

Munich

March 1919

March 1919

50,0 %

TREU

3 x F13

other shareholder was Rumpler Flugzeugbau
affiliate since 1922

Sachsische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft

Dreseden

12.03.24

11.08.24

26,0 %

TREU

5 x F13, 4 x G24

other shareholder was banks and industrials from Saxonia

SCADTA

Colombia

1919

19.09.21

5,7 %

none

22 x F13

./.

Schlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft

Breslau

Feb. 1925

13.03.25

12,5 %

TREU

2 x F13

other shareholder was Province of Silesia, city of Breslau

Societa Aerea Mediterranea

Italy

1923

unkn.

unkn.

none

unkn-

./.

Sudwestdeutsche Luftverkehrsgesellschaft

Frankfurt

02.07.24

./.

16,7 %

TREU

3 x F13, 1 x G24

other shareholder were banks and industrials
Hessische Flugbetriebs GmbH joint SWL later

Westflug GmbH

Bielefeld

02.07.24

1925

41,4 %

none

1 x F13

./.

TREU = Transeuropa Union, OEU = Osteuropa-Union/Nordeuropa-Union, SU = Scandinavian Union

Junkers Luftverkehr Network Development:

The following table represents the Junkers airline network of summer 1925. Planned expansions of this final Junkers network and some prior routings are also mentioned. Major Routes of the 1925 Junkers network were the Scandinavian routes from Helsinki via Stockholm and Kopenhagen to Amsterdam, London and the Ruhrgebiet as well as the Baltic routes from Helsinki via Konigsberg to Berlin. On the South end of the network the major route led from Geneve via Zurich and Munich to Vienna and Budapest. The internal German routes were the route from Gleiwitz and Breslau via Dresden, Leipzig and Erfurt to Essen in the Ruhrgebiet, the routing from Berlin and Leipzig towards Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Zurich as the continuation of the Helsinki-Stockholm route and some direct routes to and from Berlin to other German cities.

Most of those routes were directed via Berlin, so that most Junkers destinations could be reached from Berlin. Nevertheless, Berlin was not really the crossbridge of the Junkers network, where to change from one direction to another. Instead this role was taken over by Leipzig, where passengers could change from the Silesia-Ruhrgebiet line onto the Berlin-Munich route or via Zurich to the Geneve-Budapest route. Both Helsinki routes via Stockholm and via Konigsberg had further connections from Berlin to Leipzig, where passengers could switch over to the other lines. Therefore Leipzig was the actual hub and crossbridge of the Junkers network in 1925. Minor hubs were the airport of Zurich with connections to Munich and to Berlin or Helsinki, Hamburg with connections to Amsterdam and London or to the Ruhrgebiet and Munich with inner German connections towards Budapest. The Ruhrgebiet, Frankfurt and Erfurt were airports with a high frequency of daily flights, but they did not over any connections between those flights as they were operated on different times.

Route

via

arr/dep down
1925

arr/dep up
1925

operated since

operated by

remarks

Malmo-London

Malmo
Kopenhagen
Hamburg
Amsterdam
London

-08:00
08:15-08:20
10:30-11:00
14:00-15:45
19:00-

19:00-
18:30-18:45
16:00-16:20
11:00-13:00
-08:00


1925

Dansk Lufttransport
Dansk Lufttransport
Dansk Lufttransport/NWVM
NWVM/British Express
British Express



connection from Malmo to/From Ruhrgebiet
connection from London to/from Ruhrgebiet

Malmo-Ruhrgebiet

Malmo
Kopenhagen
Hamburg
Bremen
Munster
Essen

-08:00
08:15-08:20
10:30-12:30
13:15-13:45
15:10-15:30
16:10-

19:00-
18:30-18:45
12:40-16:20
11:25-11:55
09:40-10:00
-08:00

01.07.24
10.11.25
01.07.24
20.04.25
20.04.25

Dansk Lufttransport
Dansk Lufttransport
Dansk Lufttransport/LURAG
LURAG
LURAG
LURAG

connection Essen-Malmo 01.10.25
connection Hamburg-Essen 01.09.25

Essen-London

Essen
Amsterdam
London

-12:10
14:00-15:45
19:00-

14:20-
11:00-12:30
-08:00


01.09.25
01.09.25

LURAG/NWVM
NWVM/British Express
British Express



Oslo-Dresden

Oslo
Gothenburg
Malmo
Warnemunde
Berlin
Dresden

-08:00
10:15-10:45
12:30-13:00
14:30-15:00
16:45-17:05
18:25-

18:30-
15:45-16:15
13:20-14:00
11:30-11:50
09:10-09:45
-07:50



10.08.25
06.05.25
06.05.25
06.05.25

Aerotransport A.S.
Aerotransport A.S.
Aerotransport A.S.
Junkers LV
Junkers LV/Sachsicher LV
Sachsicher LV



initial services directed from Malmo to Kopenhagen (06.05.25)

connections to Stettin/Helsinki/Hannover

Berlin-Kopenhagen

Berlin
Stettin
Kopenhagen

n/a
night
ops

n/a
night
ops

15.09.24
15.09.24
15.09.24

Aerotransport A.S.
Aerotransport A.S.
Aerotransport A.S.
Junkers LV
Junkers LV/Sachsicher LV
Sachsicher LV





connections to Stettin/Helsinki/Hannover

Helsinki-Geneve
(Swedish Route)

Helsinki
Stockholm
Karlshamn
Warnemunde
Berlin
Leipzig
Erfurt
Frankfurt
Stuttgart
Zurich
Lausanne
Geneve

-14:00
17:30-20:00
23:15-00:15
02:45-03:45
05:30-07:30
08:50-09:10
10:00-10:20
12:00-12:25
13:40-13:55
15:10-16:00
17:30-17:45
18:15-

13:30-
06:00-10:00
00:45-01:45
21:45-22:15
19:05-20:00
17:30-17:45
16:25-16:45
14:15-14:45
12:45-13:00
11:15-11:30
09:30-09:45
-09:00

18.08.24
18.08.24
18.08.24
18.08.24
11.05.25
11.05.25
11.05.25
15.06.25

01.06.22

01.06.22

Aero O/Y / ABA
Aero O/Y / ABA
ABA
ABA/Junkers LV
Junkers LV
Sachsicher LV
Sachsicher LV
SWLV
SWLV
Ad Astra Aero
Ad Astra Aero
Ad Astra Aero


initial services to Karlskrona until 25.05.25



connection to Nuremberg (16:00) / Munich (17:05)


initial services to Nuremberg/Konstanz (01.09.22)

initial services to Nuremberg/Konstanz (01.09.22), Munich (14.05.23)

Helsinki-Leipzig-Essen
(Baltic Route)

Helsinki
Reval
Riga
Memel
Konigsberg
Danzig
Berlin
Leipzig
Erfurt
Kassel
Essen

-08:00
08:50-09:15
12:10-12:40
15:20-15:40
16:40-07:15
08:30-08:45
12:00-12:20
13:40-14:00
14:45-15:00
16:00-16:20
17:45-

16:40-
15:00-15:50
12:00-12:10
09:00-09:30
19:00-08:00
17:30-17:45
13:50-14:15
12:15-12:30
11:25-11:30
10:00-10:30
-08:30

26.05.24
12.06.23
07.05.23
07.05.23
27.12.20
27.12.20
27.12.20
20.04.25
11.05.23

Aero O/Y / Aeronaut
Aeronaut / Lettlandische LV
Lettlandische LV
Lettlandische LV
Lettlandische LV / Junkers LV
Junkers LV / Danziger Luftpost
Junkers LV / Danziger Luftpost
Junkers LV / Sachsicher LV
Junkers LV / Sachsicher LV
Junkers LV / Sachsicher LV
LURAG / Sachsicher LV




initial services to Kowno 26.07.21
night stop
connection to Warsaw/Lemberg (15.06.23), initial service 27.12.20 to Schneidmuhl
connection to Stettin/Hannover/Breslau
connection to Nuremberg/Dresden/Gorlitz

Hamburg-Dresden

Hamburg/Altona
Magdeburg
Dresden

n/a

n/a

5.08.25
15.08.25
15.08.25

Junkers LV
Junkers LV
Junkers LV

seaplane service from river Elbe

Essen-Berlin

Essen
Berlin

-08:00
11:45-

19:15-
-15:30

18.06.25
18.06.25

LURAG / Junkers LV


connection from Essen to Stettin /Hannover / Helsinki / Gleiwitz

Hannover-Berlin

Hannover
Berlin

-09:30
11:45-

14:30-
-12:15


1925

Junkers LV


connection from Hannover to Leipzig-Essen/Gleiwitz/Konigsberg/Stettin

Stettin-Berlin

Stettin
Berlin

-17:00
18:00-

13:15-
-12:15

15.05.21
15.05.21

Junkers LV

initial services by Lloyd Ostflug from Berlin to Konigsberg, later directed via Danzig
connection from Stettin to Stockholm/Helsinki and to Stettin form Essen/Hannover/Konigsberg/Gleiwitz

Gleiwitz-Berlin

Gleiwitz
Breslau
Berlin

-06:30
07:50-08:15
10:40-

19:00-
17:10-17:40
-14:45

06.05.25
06.05.25
06.05.25

Schlesische LVG
Schlesische LVG
Schlesische LVG


connection to/from Gleiwitz to Gorlitz/Dresden/Leipzig/Essen/Nuremberg
connection to/from Hannover/Konigsberg, to Stettin

Gleiwitz-Essen


Gleiwitz
Breslau
Gorlitz
Dresden
Leipzig
Erfurt
Kassel
Essen

-06:30
07:50-08:20
09:30-09:50
10:40-11:10
12:00-14:00
14:45-15:00
16:00-16:20
17:45-

19:00-
17:10-17:40
15:40-16:00
14:40-15:00
12:15-13:40
11:30-11:35
10:00-10:30
-08:30

11.05.25
11.05.25
01.07.25
11.05.25
11.05.25
11.05.23
11.05.23
11.05.23

Schlesische LVG
Schlesische LVG
Schlesische LVG
Sachsische LVG
Sachsische LVG
Sachsische LVG
Sachsische LVG/LURAG
LURAG


connection from Gleiwitz to Berlin


connection to Berlin/Nuremberg

Essen-Budapest

Essen
Frankfurt
Nuremberg
Munich
Vienna
Budapest

-08:00
09:30-09:50
11:20-11:40
13:00-14:15
17:00-18:00
20:00-

18:30-
16:35-17:00
14:50-15:05
13:00-13:30
09:15-10:15
-07:15

15.06.25
15.06.25

14.05.23
14.05.23
15.05.24

LURAG / Junkers LV
LURAG / SWL
SWL
Junkers LV / SWL
Junkers LV / OLAG
OLAG / Aero Express


connection to Zurich/Geneve (14.05.23)

connection to Zurich
planned connection to Triest/Venedig
planned connection to Angora

Munich-Berlin

Munich
Nuremberg
Leipzig
Berlin

-08:30
09:50-10:10
12:10-12:30
13:50-

17:05-
15:45-15:45
13:40-14:00
-12:20

20.04.25
20.04.25
20.04.25
20.04.25

Bayerische LVG
Bayerische LVG
Sachsische LVG
Sachsische LVG



connection to Dresden/Gleiwitz/Essen
connection to Konigsberg

Northsea Islands

Bremen
Borkum
Norderney
Wangerooge

n/a

n/a

18.06.25
18.06.25
18.06.25
18.06.25

Bremer LV



Berlin-Ankara

Berlin
Dessau
Konstantinopel
Ankara

n/a

n/a

05.07.24

Junkers Flugzeugwerke

experimental flight only


 



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