The German company Condor will start operations on the Prague – Frankfurt route in May 2025. The carrier primarily targets passengers for whom Frankfurt will only be a transfer airport. Frankfurt Airport is the main hub of the long-haul network of the German carrier and it offers flights to 45 destinations in nineteen countries.
In the last five years, Condor has successfully managed to go through a very turbulent period that began in the fall of 2019. At that time, its then parent company Thomas Cook went bankrupt. Then the pandemic came the following year. The carrier needed to find a new image and renew the aircraft fleet.
The rebranding came in 2022. In the spring of this year, it successfully completed the transformation of its long-haul fleet. The old Boeing 767s were replaced by new Airbus A330-900s. Condor got them very quickly, as some were originally produced for other carriers (mainly Air AsiaX and Garuda Indonesia) who did not take them over. The long-haul fleet now numbers seventeen Airbus A330neos and continues to expand.
The medium-range fleet is also undergoing rejuvenation. Condor is the last significant European operator of the Boeing 757-300ER, but it is already phasing them out. They are being replaced by the new Airbus A321neos, of which there are currently six. The smaller Airbus A320ceo will be replaced with the new generation Airbus A320neo aircraft. There is only one plane in the fleet so far.
Prepared by: Martin Bernict
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