German leisure airline Condor operates long haul flights to all kinds of destinations in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. However, the carrier’s latest route addition, as flagged by @IshrionA, is especially interesting to me.
Condor adds flights to Los Cabos, Mexico
As of November 3, 2024, Condor will launch a new twice weekly flight between Frankfurt (FRA) and Los Cabos (SJD). The route will be operated on Sundays and Wednesdays, with the following schedule:
DE2124 Frankfurt to Los Cabos departing 12:00PM arriving 5:15PM
DE2125 Los Cabos to Frankfurt departing 7:15PM arriving 2:35PM (+1 day)
The 6,144-mile flight is blocked at 13hr15min westbound and 12hr20min eastbound, so it’s quite the marathon flight. As a matter of fact, it will be the longest flight in Condor’s network — it’s not often you see 13+ hour flights designed almost exclusively for leisure travelers.
Condor will use its modern Airbus A330-900neos for this route, featuring 310 seats. This includes 30 business class seats, 64 extra legroom economy seats, and 216 economy seats. You can read my review of Condor’s excellent A330 business class here.
It’s impressive to see the pace at which Condor is refreshing its long haul fleet, as by this spring, the airline will exclusively fly A330-900neos on long haul flights. These planes have direct aisle access from every business class seat, so Condor is destroying Lufthansa in that regard.
Condor flying to Los Cabos is a unique route
I’m writing about this route for a few reasons. For one, since my family is from Germany, I’m always interested to see what German airlines are up to, especially with the shift we’ve seen in Condor’s business model in recent years. Furthermore, I love Baja California, as I find the landscape to be so incredibly beautiful, thanks to the desert-meets-ocean terrain.
However, I also can’t help but point out what a unique route this is. Los Cabos Airport almost exclusively sees flights within the Americas, with very few long haul flights. Prior to this Condor service, the only other long haul route is a seasonal Iberojet flight from Madrid. So it’s fascinating to see Condor add this flight, since I wasn’t aware that Baja California was particularly popular with Germans. Then again, I guess Germans like to go just about everywhere.
While Condor is increasingly competing head-to-head against Lufthansa in business markets, it’s nice to see Condor’s continued creativity with its leisure flying, operating all kinds of routes that other airlines would never dare try. This is also some smart counter seasonal flying, given the demand shift across the Atlantic between summer and winter.
It’s pretty wild that Frankfurt now has more direct connectivity to Los Cabos than Miami…
Bottom line
As of November 2024, Condor will be launching a new route between Frankfurt and Los Cabos using an Airbus A330-900neo. This will be one of the airport’s only transatlantic flight, so that’s mighty cool to see. I continue to be impressed by how Condor evolves.
What do you make of Condor adding flights to Los Cabos?
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