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Packages instead of passengers: Germany’s most popular leisure airline Condor is now taking off with four Boeing 767-300s on behalf of DHL Express, the world’s leading provider of express services. The first cargo flights under the partnership took off this week. The Condor aircraft will be handled at Europe’s largest DHL Express hub in Leipzig and will transport shipments on a total of three routes to Shannon in Ireland, Milan-Malpensa in Italy and Cologne. In the future, these flights will also be able to transport COVID-19 vaccines. The partnership is initially limited until the end of May.

“We have already been operating more cargo flights over the past year and have expanded our expertise here. We are very pleased to now also work with such an experienced partner as DHL Express,” says Christian Schmitt, COO of Condor. “The partnership also shows that Condor can flexibly adapt to circumstances in special situations and thus contribute an important part to the international supply chain in cooperation with DHL.”

“This firm partnership between Cargo and Passage is unique so far,” adds Markus Otto, Senior Vice President Aviation Europe at DHL Express. “It enables us to respond even faster and more flexibly to the continued high customer demand for international express shipping. The additional Condor capacity will enable us to further improve our service quality and transit times and continue on our growth path.”

Condor has already been operating more cargo flights since April last year and, in addition to e-commerce goods, has so far mainly transported medical protective equipment such as millions of mouth-nose masks, protective suits and gloves. In the course of this, part of the Boeing 767 fleet was also converted into cargo-only aircraft and the seats were expanded.

In the meantime, 14 of 16 Boeing 767s were being used exclusively for cargo flights. Condor has also trained and deployed special cargo supervisors for this purpose, ensuring smooth operations. In addition to cargo flights, Condor also remains loyal to the vacation segment: as Germany’s most popular vacation carrier, Condor currently flies to the Canary Islands, Egypt, Cuba, the Maldives and the Dominican Republic.

For the express division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, the partnership is part of a program of measures to serve the globally increasing express volumes and to grow continuously.

The company had already announced the additional purchase of new wide-body Boeing 777F aircraft at the beginning of the year.

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Germany’s most popular leisure airline is once again flying to the Dominican Republic and the Maldives: From December 18, 2020, Condor will take off from Frankfurt three times a week to Punta Cana and once a week to Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo.

The Maldives will also be included in the program again with two weekly flights from Frankfurt. The connections to the Canary Islands will be increased: From Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Munich, Condor will take vacationers to Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife and Madeira.

Protective measures during the flight

On board all Condor flights, mouth-nose protection is mandatory for guests and the cabin crew. In addition, service and also boarding and disembarkation processes are adapted in accordance with the regulations. Customers are requested to use the online check-in. This ensures maximum protection during the entire journey. On site, guests are asked to behave prudently and in accordance with hygiene regulations throughout their stay and to take into account the entry requirements of the respective destination and the regulations on their return to Germany.

Connections from Frankfurt, from December 18, 2020

Varadero: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday

Punta Cana: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday

Santo Domingo: Sunday

Maledives: Monday, Saturday

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Condor is relaunching its summer flight schedule in time for the start of the summer holiday season on June 25, 2020 from eight airports in Germany to initially 29 holiday destinations: Germany’s most popular leisure airline will be flying from Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Munich, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart, Leipzig/Halle and Berlin-Schoenefeld to the most popular holiday regions, such as the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Andalusia, Greece, Croatia, Sardinia, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey and the North Sea island of Sylt as of the end of June.

Successive expansion of the current flight plan

Condor is currently offering flights from Frankfurt to Mallorca, Tenerife and Gran Canaria as part of our flight plan to ensure a basic infrastructure within Europe. This will be successively expanded as early as of mid-June: Additional flights to Majorca and the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura), Greece (Kos, Crete, Preveza, Rhodes, Thessaloniki), Andalusia (Jerez de la Frontera), Croatia (Split) and Sardinia (Olbia) will initially be served from Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Munich and Hamburg. Further destinations and the departure airports of Hanover, Stuttgart, Leipzig/Halle and Berlin-Schoenefeld will be added at the beginning of the summer holiday season on June 25, 2020.

Protective measures during the whole journey

As part of a package of measures introduced by the German air transport industry, airlines and airports are implementing a wide range of preventive protective measures for the entire air journey, from entering the terminal to the arrival at the destination: On board all Condor flights, too, mouth-and-nose protection is mandatory for guests and cabin crew until 31 August 2020. The air quality on board corresponds to that in operating theatres in a German hospital due to the direction of air flow and the filters installed. In addition to the service, the boarding and deboarding processes have also been adapted to the special situation, so that in future smaller groups will board and the number of buses to the aircraft will either be increased or, where possible, boarding at the building will be made possible. Customers are also asked to use online check-in. This will ensure that our customers have the highest level of protection during their journey. Guests are asked to behave prudently and in accordance with the hygiene regulations throughout their journey and to take into account the entry requirements of the respective destination and the regulations on their return to Germany.

Condor destinations for summer holiday season 2020:

• Greece (14):Kalamata, Kavala, Corfu, Kos, Crete, Mykonos, Preveza, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos, Thessaloniki, Volos, Zakynthos
• Canary Islands (5):Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma
  Balearic Islands (2):Mallorca, Ibiza
• Cyprus (2):Paphos, Larnaca
• Andalusia:Jerez de la Frontera
• Turkey:Antalya
• Croatia:Split
• Italy:Lamezia Terme
• Sardinia:Olbia
• Germany:Sylt

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Condor is introducing long-haul flights from Düsseldorf in the upcoming winter flight schedule: Condor will be flying from Düsseldorf to Cancun in Mexico every Tuesday and Saturday from 3 November 2020. This means that Condor will supplement the existing departure airports for long-haul flights, Frankfurt and Munich, in the 2020/21 winter flight schedule, while planning the inclusion of further long-haul destinations from Düsseldorf. Condor flies from Munich to Cancun as well as to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and is now also flying to Varadero in Cuba. Seattle will also be included in the program and will thus now be served from Munich all year around.

Condor is stationing a Boeing 767 in Düsseldorf for the winter flight schedule 2020/21, with which Germany’s most popular leisure airline takes off for Cancun every Tuesday and Saturday. The flights can be booked from 359.99 EUR per person and route.

Long-haul flights can also be booked from Munich, new: Varadero (Cuba), Seattle (USA) all year around.

As in the current winter and the upcoming summer flight schedule, Condor will continue to offer attractive long-haul destinations from Munich. In the 2020/21 winter season, the leisure airline will be flying three times a week to Punta Cana and twice a week to Cancun. In addition, the leisure airline will now also be flying once a week to Varadero in Cuba and will continue its summer connections to Seattle twice a week in the winter timetable.

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