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Luftag
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), commonly shortened to Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it is the second- largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. Lufthansa is one of the five founding members of Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance, formed in 1997. Besides its own services, and owning subsidiary passenger airlines Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings (referred to in English by Lufthansa as its ''Passenger Airline Group''), Deutsche Lufthansa AG owns several aviation-related companies, such as Lufthansa Technik and LSG Sky Chefs, as part of the Lufthansa Group. In total, the group has over 700 aircraft, making it one of the largest airline fleets in the world. Lufthansa's registered office and corporate headquarters are in Cologne. The main operations base, called Lufthansa Aviation Center, is at Lufthansa's primary hub at Frankfurt Airport, and its secondary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Weigelt
Kurt Weigelt (5 June 1884 – 5 August 1968) was a German business manager of Lufthansa and Deutsche Bank, and a Nazi war criminal sentenced to two years in prison for being a supporting member of the SS. From after World War I, Weigelt was in Deutsche Bank management becoming a deputy director in 1922. He was also involved in commercial aviation, he was instrumental in the founding of Deutsche Luft Hansa by the merger of several existing German airlines. Weigelt was a Förderndes Mitglied der SS from 1934, financially supporting the SS. He led the Nazi ''Reichsgruppe Deutscher Kolonialwirtschaftlicher Unternehmungen'' (Reich Group of German Colonial Economic Enterprises) from its establishment in 1936. From 1937 he was a member of the Nazi Party. Weigelt officially was the head of the economic department of NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy. Unofficially, Weigelt was regarded as "secret minister of Colonies". He prepared the ''Wirtschaftspolitische Denkschrift des Kolonialpoliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
