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 zeppelins were scrapped in 1940 . Today 's DZR sees itself as the successor of this original airline and is incorporated under the same name
Hindenburg disaster
Hindenburg disaster
Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei