German leisure airline Condor has evolved its route network massively in recent years, as the airline has increasingly started competing head-to-head against Lufthansa. We’ve seen quite a bit of growth at the airline, especially across the Atlantic. There’s now an interesting update, as Condor has just slashed half a dozen transatlantic routes for next year.
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It’s unfortunate Condor is cutting MSP, but not unexpected given the jump in competition in international service at MSP from legacy majors and Delta not being happy about it.
If MSP loses Icelandair, then I would be far more concerned about competition out of MSP.
German judge decided on Friday that LH no longer needs to provide the feed to condor with the special prorate agreement. These markets require that feed to survive. Lots of links in German about this around the internet. This article should note that Lufthansa has won its litigation.
@ Jason -- Sorry, I might be missing something, but last I saw, there was a temporary extension throughout 2025, and nothing has been finalized. I'm probably missing something, but do you have a link, by chance (it's fine if it's in German)? 🙂
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This decision follows a recent ruling by the German Federal Court of Justice, which reversed a long-standing mandate from the German Antitrust Authority. The previous regulation had required Lufthansa to provide feeder flights for Condor, enabling travelers from North America to connect seamlessly from Condor to Lufthansa on a single ticket, with checked luggage sent directly to the final destination.
As a result of the court’s decision, Condor will adjust its 2025 flight schedules, including the discontinuation of routes between Frankfurt and Baltimore (BWI), Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP), Phoenix (PHX), and SAT in the U.S., as well as Edmonton (YEG) and Halifax (YHZ) in Canada.
“This is not a decision we take lightly. Condor has cultivated strong professional and personal ties with San Antonio and the other affected communities over the years, and we deeply regret the loss of connectivity and service this will cause. We remain committed to exploring all avenues for fair competition, though we recognize that further legal proceedings will take time to resolve,” said Dr. Jens Boyd, Commercial Director for Condor.
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Link supplied in prior post.
Seems like Condor is doubling down on its Alaska partnership.
It's going up to 10x weekly to SEA next summer. That's ironically more frequencies than Lufthansa.
Not sure of the reasoning why the German government decided the LH interline is no longer required but Condor has been around for a number of years.
Maybe they can compete in LH markets where LH has to use its coach-only widebodies.
It is not mentioned here, but I think the SEA expansion is also gone. Aviation A2Z reported that already, and I am only seeing daily flights from SEA for sale in June-August. The PHX-FRA flights are still popping up on the website when I just checked, FWIW. At least SEA is keeping the daily frequency this summer.
Nice to see the ANC flight survive. Definitely one on the most interesting routes.
I don’t think Phoenix is being cut. The original San Antonio press release appears to have mentioned Phoenix in error and the citations with that information aren’t verified. You can still book flights from Phoenix in Condor. I guess we’ll know soon enough.
Huh that's unfortunate.
Well at least the Alaska partnership is still a focus. ANC is still being kept over a lot of these cuts.
The part about the cities being cut is from the San Antonio officials, not Condor. The paragraph following the cities listed is where Condor’s statement begins,