DLT (airline)

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This draft is for the airline. For articles named "DLT" or nicknamed "DLT", see DLT.

DLT Lufthverkehrsgesellschaft mbH

File:DLT Logo.svg Final DLT logo
IATA ICAO Callsign DW DLT DLT
Founded	1 October 1974
Ceased operations	29 March 1992 (1992-03-29) (bought by Lufthansa and renamed Lufthansa Cityline)
Operating bases	Frankfurt
Fleet size	49 (as of 1992)

DLT (full name DLT Lufthverkehrsgeshellschaft) was an independent airline based in Germany. It was later bought by the flag carrier of Germany in 1992 and became a subsidiary of Lufthansa and was renamed to Lufthansa Cityline

History

Early Years

DLT was founded as Ostfriesische Lufttaxi (OLT) in 1958. It was later renamed Ostfriesische Lufttransport (OLT) in 1970.

On 1 October 1974, DLT split-up from OLT.

DLT After 1994

Main article: Lufthansa CityLine

Fleet

Fleet in 1992

Before being bought by Lufthansa, the DLT fleet contained the following aircraft (all of the aircraft types on this list were given to Lufthansa Cityline):

DLT Fleet; 1992

Country Of Aircraft Manufacturer	Aircraft		Total Number of Aircraft		First Introduced	Last Retired	Image		Notes
	Aircraft Type	Aircraft Subtypes					Image With DLT	Image With Lufthansa Cityline
France, Italy	ATR 42	ATR 42-300	5		1990	2002
United States	Boeing 737	Boeing 737-200	Unknown		1986	1999	—
Canada	De Havilland Canada/Bombardier Dash 8	Dash 8 Series 100	2	6 Total	1990	1997	File:De Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8, DLT - Deutsche Luftverkehrsgesellschaft AN0214412.jpg	Flying for Lufthansa CityLine, just after delivery.
		Dash 8 Series 300	4				A/c crashed Jan. 06th, 1993 at Paris-CDG (4 k)	A/c crashed Jan. 06th, 1993 at Paris-CDG (4 k)
Netherlands	Fokker 50	Unknown	24		1987	1997	Life before Lufthansa Cityline	Lufthansa Cityline Fokker 50; D-AFFJ@ZRH;06.05.1995
Total	4	4 + 1 Unknown (5)	49

Fleet before 1992

Before 1992, DLT had the following aircraft for the following time:

DLT Historical Fleet

Country Of Aircraft Manufacturer	Aircraft	Subtypes	First Introduced	Last Retired	Image
					Image 1 (one) (old or first livery)	Image 2 (two) (new, second, last, or final livery)
United States	Beechcraft Model 99	Unknown	1978	1978		—
Brazil	Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia		1986	1990	File:Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, DLT - Deutsche Luftverkehrsgesellschaft AN0199473.jpg	Operating the regular service to DUS in the early 1990's on behalf of Lufthansa.
Netherlands	Fokker F27 Friendship	Fokker F27-100	1987	1988	Ex PH-LIP	—
United Kingdom	Hawker Siddeley HS 748/Avro 748/BAe 748	Unknown	1981	1989	D-AHSE HS748 series 2B DLT Birmingham 10-09-1988	File:British Aerospace BAe-748 Srs2B-378, DLT - Deutsche Luftverkehrsgesellschaft AN0193486.jpg

Other Aircraft

Showing aircraft that a picture, but have nothing else that is known but the country of manufacturer and the aircraft:

DLT Historial Fleet (part 2)

Country Of Aircraft Manufacturer	Aircraft	Image
Canada	De Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter	DHC-6 Twin Otter D-IDWT of DLT Deutsche Luftverkehrsgesellschaft at Flughafen Frankfurt, 28.2.1983
United States	Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner	A DLT Swearingen Merlin - not sure which one, but the registration was D-CAB?. Photo: Dick Gilbert, Paris Le Bourget, 4 October 1986.
United Kingdom	British Aerospace Jetstream	D-CONI Bae Jetstream 31 DLT Birmingham 03-04-1986

External Links

• https://www.lufthansacityline.com (in German)

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