The company has two forerunners: the Badische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH was founded in Karlsruhe in 1919. It opened the Frankfurt-Mannheim-Karlsruhe-Lörrach airmail service in 1920. In 1925 the Badisch-Pfälzische Luftverkehr-AG was founded to promote Baden and Pfälzichen air transport interests. In the year it was founded, it opened a Mannheim-Berlin flight connection from the newly opened Mannheim-Sandhofen airfield. More scheduled flights from there lead daily to Baden-Baden, Dortmund, Frankfurt / Main, Hamburg, Constance, Copenhagen, Munich, Stuttgart, Villingen and Zurich. Both companies merged in May 1926 to form Badisch-Pfälzische Luft-Hansa AG. In the same year, the Mannheim-Heidelberg-Ludwigshafen airport opened. 1933 Merger with the Aviation Company Konstanz GmbH. 1937 renamed Badisch-Pfälzische Flugbetrieb-AG, at the same time the aircraft yard was spun off into Badisch-Pfälzische Flugzeugreparaturwerft GmbH, Karlsruhe. The company was now the operator of the commercial airports in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Constance, Villingen and Baden Baden. Before that, in 1926, at the request of the government for a unitary aviation company, “Deutsche Lufthansa” had been created through the merger of Deutsche Aero-Lloyd AG and Junkers Luftverkehr-AG. The airports of the Ges. Suffered severe bomb damage in the Second World War.
The company has two roots: In 1919, Badische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH was founded in Karlsruhe. In 1920, it opened the Frankfurt-Mannheim-Karlsruhe-Lörrach airmail service. In 1925, the Badisch-Pfälzische Luftverkehrs-AG was founded to promote the interests of Baden and Palatinate in aviation. In the year it was founded, it opened a Mannheim-Berlin flight connection from the Mannheim-Sandhofen airfield, which had just been inaugurated. Other scheduled flights from there run daily to Baden-Baden, Dortmund, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Constance, Copenhagen, Munich, Stuttgart, Villingen and Zurich. Both companies merged in May 1926 to form Badisch-Pfälzische Luft-Hansa AG. In the same year, Mannheim-Heidelberg-Ludwigshafen Airport is opened in Neuostheim, which Luft-Hansa now serves with its scheduled flights. 1933 Merger with Luftverkehrsgesellschaft Konstanz GmbH. 1937 renamed Badisch-Pfälzische Flugbetriebs-AG, at the same time the aircraft hangar was spun off into Badisch-Pfälzische FlugzeugReparaturwerft GmbH, Karlsruhe. The Ges. was now the operator of the commercial airports Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Constance, Villingen and Baden Baden. Prior to this, "Deutsche Lufthansa" had already been created in 1926 at the request of the then Reich government for a unified air transport company through the merger of Deutsche Aero-Lloyd AG and Junkers Luftverkehrs-AG. The airports of the Ges. suffered severe bomb damage in the 2nd World War. From 1945 onwards, most of them were confiscated by the American occupying forces.
