Colsman, who became the airline's first general director, managed to secure the cooperation of Albert Ballin, the head of the Hamburg America Line who offered 100,000 Marks a year to promote the enterprise on the condition that his offices had exclusive rights to sell tickets, and Colsman had little difficulty in raising the necessary three million marks capital.
Colsman, que foi o primeiro director xeral da aeroliña, logrou obter a colaboración de Albert Ballin, o xefe da Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) que ofreceu 100.000 marcos por ano para promocionar a empresa coa condición de que as súas oficinas tivesen dereitos exclusivos para vender os billetes, e Colsman, que sería o primeiro director xeral, tivo poucas dificultades para recadar os 3 millóns de marcos de capital necesarios.