Det Norske Luftfartsrederi

Aktieselskapet Det Norske Luftfartsrederi or DNL was Norway's first scheduled airline, founded in 1918 and operated services between Bergen, Haugesund and Stavanger in 1920.

It had hired Wilhelm Keilhau as managing director, and Gyth Dehli and Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen as technical consultants.

The company was granted NOK 60,000 to operate a trial route between Bergen, Haugesund and Stavanger.

[2] On 28 August 1919, DNL was one of seven airlines which founded the International Air Traffic Association at a meeting in The Hague.

They recommended that the application be denied, since it would interfere with ship traffic and there were already negotiations with the state to purchase the island.

Additionally the anticipated increase in freight volume did not happen, and towards the end, only around 300 letters were carried per flight.