Condor Flugdienst GmbH
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| Founded | 1955 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1956 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | ||||||
| Fleet size | 42 | ||||||
| Destinations | 90 | ||||||
| Company slogan | 'Wir lieben fliegen.' (German) 'Born to fly.' (English) |
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| Parent company | Thomas Cook Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Frankfurt, Germany | ||||||
| Key people | Ralf Teckentrup, CEO | ||||||
| Employees | 4,000+ | ||||||
| Website | condor.com | ||||||
Condor Flugdienst GmbH, branded as Condor, is a German leisure airline based in Frankfurt. It operates scheduled flights to leisure destinations in the Mediterranean, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and the Caribbean. Its main base is at Frankfurt Airport from which most of its long-haul flights depart; secondary bases for Mediterranean flights are Munich Airport which also features long-haul flights, Hamburg Airport, Hannover Airport, Düsseldorf Airport, Stuttgart Airport, Leipzig/Halle Airport and Berlin Schönefeld Airport.
Condor is Germany's second largest commercial airline based on fleet size and passengers flown. It is headquartered at Gateway Gardens near Frankfurt Airport with an important branch office at Berlin Schönefeld Airport. It is a subsidiary of the British Thomas Cook Group, but still partners with its former parent Lufthansa through the use of the Lufthansa Group's Miles & More program, its business lounges at Frankfurt Airport and as interline partners. Condor Airlines is also a partner of Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan.
The company was founded on 21 December 1955 as Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH, its ownership being split between Norddeutscher Lloyd (27.75%), Hamburg America Line (27.75%), Deutsche Lufthansa (26%) and Deutsche Bundesbahn (18.5%). The initial fleet of three 36-passenger Vickers VC.1 Viking aircraft was based at Frankfurt Airport, the Lufthansa hub. Scheduled flight operations were launched on 29 March 1956 with a pilgrimage flight to Israel. Further destinations flown to during the first year were Majorca and Tenerife. In 1959, Lufthansa took over 95.5 percent of the stake, thus creating its first post-war subsidiary.
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