 At the time, the only service to Norway was Lufthansa, who operated from Gressholmen Airport in Oslo via Gothenburg and Copenhagen to Warnemünde in Germany.Both DNL and Norske Luftruter applied for ground handling for Lufthansa at Gressholmen.This was granted to Norske Luftruter, but DNL was granted the concession to operate the ferry to the island from Oslo East Station.