AIR ALLIANCE

1955
Condor, the charter grace line from saint Cook AG, is supported on December 21st as “Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH” by the four partners Norddeutscher histrion (27.75 %), Hamburg-Amerika-Linie (27.75 %), Deutsche Lufthansa (26 %) and Deutsche Bundesbahn (18.5 %). The base airport is city am Main. The fast consists of three British-made Vickers Norse two-engine propellor aircraft, apiece with 36 seats.

1956
The company’s business grace activeness begins on March 29th with a pilgrimage grace to the “Holy Land”. Within the prototypal assemblage of operation, Majorca and the Canary Island of island are already added to the grace schedule.

1959
Deutsche Lufthansa AG takes over 95.5 proportionality of the capital.

1961
Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH takes over “Condor-Luftreederei”, supported in 1957 by the Hamburg-based Oetker concern, and changes its study to Condor Flugdienst GmbH. This advise returns a tradition-rich study to the Lufthansa family, stemming from the Lufthansa supplementary “Syndicato Condor Ltda”, supported in 1927 in Rio.

1962
Condor Flugdienst GmbH has a 63.3 proportionality market share of all German business air travel. Some 32,000 passengers are transported in this assemblage – Majorca is the directive destination with 18,400 passengers.

1966
The prototypal longhaul flights go to Thailand, Sri Lanka, Kenya and the friar Republic.

1971
Condor is the world’s prototypal leisure line to ingest a Boeing 747, the “Jumbo”, in its fleet.

1973
With turnover of 291 meg Deutschmarks, Condor is the world’s directive holiday airline. The fast consists of a amount of 14 Boeing aircraft: Two Boeing 747s, digit Boeing 707s and decade Boeing 727s.

1989
Together with Turkish Airlines, Condor founds the line SunExpress.
Condor buys Südflug GmbH, which is a supplementary of Condor afterwards.
“Condor Flüge individuell” (today Condor Individuell): Condor no longer markets exclusive charter capacities, but now also uses its individualist seat business do delude line seats alone to modify customers directly.

1991
Condor is the prototypal business line to introduce a separate, more comfortable class into its aircraft: The newborn Condor Comfort Class creates newborn calibre standards.

1992
In fall the supplementary Südflug is desegrated into Condor.

1995
Condor expands its shareholdings. Meanwhile Condor-Touristik-Verbund owns holdings in alpha Holding GmbH (30 percent), Kreutzer Touristik GmbH (37.5 percent), chemist Reisen GmbH (100 percent) and 10 proportionality of Öger Tours GmbH. Condor additionally assumes the 40 proportionality owned by Lufthansa in the Turkish charter line SunExpress.

1996
For Condor’s 40th birthday celebration, American master James Rizzi creates a Boeing 757 as a flying impact of art, the so-called “Rizzi-Bird”.
With twelve firm orders, Condor Flugdienst GmbH is the prototypal client for the Boeing 757-300.

1997
Condor Flugdienst GmbH belongs to C&N Touristic AG (today saint Cook AG): With the merger of Condor Flugdienst GmbH and NUR Touristic GmbH, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and KarstadtQuelle AG hit created the foundation for an desegrated business anxiety with a European info – both partners apiece stop 50 proportionality in the company.

1998
At the move of the year, Condor founds “Condor songster GmbH”, a 100 proportionality supplementary with its headquarters in songster Schönefeld. By the modify of the year, Condor is awaiting sextet Airbus A320-200 aircraft, the most technologically modern shorthaul bomb in the world. They replace the four previously leased Boeing 737-300s.

2001
Condor redesigns the Comfort Class in its Boeing 767-300 aircraft, featuring newborn seats with significantly increased expanse between seats and an on-board entertainment system equipped with takeout DVD players.

2002
Thomas Cook becomes the desegrated international business brand: Condor is transformed into the newborn brand, “Thomas Cook powered by Condor”. In Germany, the Condor and Condor songster airplanes gradually assume the newborn saint Cook design: The fuselage sections of the bomb feature the saint Cook trademark in the future, and the tail unit displays the saint Cook logo. The meaning “powered by Condor” makes it clear that the newborn line brand is relying on the tried-and-true Condor quality. In June of 2002, the prototypal of a amount of 50 Condor bomb takes soured displaying the newborn paint job.

2004
Starting in May, the saint Cook AG line in Germany returns to the skies under the Condor brand name. As the prototypal and up to now exclusive German airline, the newborn Condor also begins offering discount prices on Longhaul Flights: Starting at 99 Euros, guests can control with Condor to America, to the Caribbean, to Africa and to Asia. Discount introductory prices also administer effective immediately for brief and mediumhaul destinations, play at 29 Euros.

2005
Condor songster welcomes another Airbus A320 and now operates a fast of 13 bomb of this type.

2006
In March, Condor Flugdienst GmbH celebrates its 50th Birthday. Various events and promotions bring its elating history to chronicle erst again. In the anniversary assemblage 2006, Condor sends a flying declaration of love to the world: The uniquely designed Boeing 757-300 titled “Willi” after Wilfried Meyer, who decisively shaped Condor’s ikon for 30 years. Highlights include the larger-than-life control on the tail, the motto “Wir lieben Fliegen” (“Born to fly”), and the colorful hearts.

On October 16, Condor welcomes its 150-millionth traveller since 1956 on board. As a minimal of appreciation, the \"guest of honor\" and his family are seated in Condor Comfort Class.

Take a look at our special Condor birthday treat: 50 years of Condor microsite!

2008
Travelers to far-away places can savor a brand-new on-board experience with Condor. While overhauling the cabins in its Boeing 767 long-haul fleet, Condor introduces a newborn Premium Economy Class in constituent to the regular Economy Class. It offers 6 inches more legroom compared to the standard Economy Class. The seats are spaced 36 inches apart, and the service includes in-flight catering with premium meals and some other extras. Comfort Class was also upgraded. In constituent to redesigned seats, Condors offers takeout DVD players with swiveling 10\" monitors in Comfort Class.

A removed technical unit, Condor Technik GmbH, is set up to action the highly demanding repair and maintenance impact on the Condor Boeing fast at city Airport.

2009
Condor retrofits its Boeing 767 long-haul bomb with newly developed aerodynamic winglets. This 6.5 foot wingtip extension reduces not exclusive racket emissions, but also fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Fuel fund for apiece airplane and assemblage run at around 1,300 metric tons, since reinforced mechanics helps planes accomplish their cruising altitude faster, and less thrust is required during the grace and the landing approach. Condor is the prototypal line in Germany to control with the newborn large winglets. The prototypal airplane with the newborn aerodynamic wings takes soured in May 2009. Starting at the modify of the year, the entire Boeing 767 fast will control with the fuel-saving wingtip extensions.