 On 2 March 1938, the board of DNL decided to sell "Valkyrien" to Chargeurs Reunis and abandon plans for intercontinental traffic.Instead, negotiations started with Aer Rianta of Ireland, who were cooperating with Pan Am on the transatlantic route; DNL, DDL, Aero and Aerotransport planned to start a route from Foynes via Stavanger, Oslo and Stockholm to Moscow.However, Pan Am decided to move the route to the Azores when it commenced in 1939 and DNL's Shannon-plans were terminated.