 This service was intended to replace the mail planes launched by catapult from trans-Atlantic steamers.However this never materialized, as German planes were denied the right to carry mail into the country by the United States for political reasons.On 1 April 1939, Deutsche Luft Hansa launched scheduled transatlantic flights between Port Natal, South Africa and Santiago de Chile using Fw 200 aircraft, a route which had previously been operated by "Syndicato Condor".