Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei
Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (lit. 'German Zeppelin Transport Company'), abbreviated DZR, is a German limited-liability company that operates commercial passenger zeppelin flights. The current incarnation of the DZR was founded in 2001 and is based in Friedrichshafen. It is a subsidiary of Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik and operates Zeppelin NT "Next Generation" airships. By 2009 the DZR had transported over 55,000 passengers. As of 2012 the DZR flies a schedule of 12 tour routes between March and November in Southern Germany. The company also operates flights to other selected cities as well as charter flights.
| Founded | before 1937 |
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| Commenced operations | 15 August 2001 |
| Fleet size | 2 |
| Destinations | 12 scheduled tour routes charter service |
| Parent company | Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik |
| Headquarters | Friedrichshafen, Germany |
| Website | http://www.zeppelinflug.de |
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| Founded | 22 March 1935 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 20 August 1939 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | Germany South America North America | ||||||
| Parent company | Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Deutsche Luft Hansa Reichsluftfahrtministerium | ||||||
| Headquarters | Frankfurt, Germany | ||||||
| Key people | Hugo Eckener, Chairman Ernst Lehmann, CEO | ||||||
In the mid-1930s, the DZR was a commercial airline based in Frankfurt that operated zeppelins in regular transatlantic revenue service, including the famous LZ 129 Hindenburg. Following the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 the DZR stopped transatlantic service, although it launched a new airship in 1938 and had another on order. Plans for more operations ended at the outbreak of World War II and its remaining two zeppelins were dismantled and scrapped in 1940. Today's DZR sees itself as the successor of this original airline and is incorporated under the same name.