Condor (DE) Partnership (Announced 3/20/2017)
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MUNICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany has agreed in principle to support struggling carrier Condor with emergency liquidity after the owner of Poland’s national airline LOT pulled out of a deal to buy the airline, two people close to the matter said on Monday.
A 380 million euro ($413.82 million) state bridging loan, that allowed the carrier to be rescued last year, is de facto being extended and Germany will offer an additional 200 million in liquidity, the sources said.
A 380 million euro ($413.82 million) state bridging loan, that allowed the carrier to be rescued last year, is de facto being extended and Germany will offer an additional 200 million in liquidity, the sources said.
#378
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Sad, though. We had a decent business class Condor flight two years ago using AS miles.
#379
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Got this in my email today. No idea how long the funds will last though. https://condor.slgnt.eu/optiext/opti...6%2Biseinufdxo
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government and the federal state of Hesse have agreed to provide Condor with loans worth 550 million euros ($596.31 million), the economy minister said on Monday, after the owner of Poland’s LOT pulled out of a deal to buy the airline.
“The company was operationally healthy and profitable in normal times and has good prospects,” Peter Altmaier said in a statement.
“The company was operationally healthy and profitable in normal times and has good prospects,” Peter Altmaier said in a statement.
#381
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just as how Delta has stake at Virgin Atlantic and LATAM, and a few other carriers, I wish Alaska would be gutsy in buying a stake at a foreign airline like Condor.....
I know.... conservation of funds is pretty big right now.....
Jiburi
I know.... conservation of funds is pretty big right now.....
Jiburi
Last edited by jiburi; Apr 28, 2020 at 1:27 pm
#382
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Refineries or oil fields might be cheap right now, too
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I would probably say “chutzpah” and “reckless” more than “gutsy”- AS has no special expertise in the German tourist market that Condor specializes in. It sounds like one of those random Qatar or Etihad investments in various airlines... which also turned out to be only one step short of dousing money in Jet-A and setting it on fire.
#384
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back to topic, earliest return for long-haul Condor flight is now scheduled for June 25 but may change pending German government covid19 health safety directives....
Jiburi
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on 5/25 (and other Mondays) I found a flight via MSP. The Condor long haul is “Condor DE2011, operated by Omni Air International”
On 6/26 Condor’s own nonstop returns from/to SEA.
#386
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Just booked an award in Y FRA-SEA - tried to select paid seats on Condor site: "We regret to inform you that the online booking of special services is currently unavailable for technical reasons. Please contact our Service Center."
Called, and after a long wait was told that since AS is my "Travel Agent" only they can call to request seat assignments. Bizarre. I told them that wasn't going to happen and there must be some mistake. But apparently this is standard line from Condor? https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28354727-post497.html
edit: just saw this upstream:
Called, and after a long wait was told that since AS is my "Travel Agent" only they can call to request seat assignments. Bizarre. I told them that wasn't going to happen and there must be some mistake. But apparently this is standard line from Condor? https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28354727-post497.html
edit: just saw this upstream:
Just in case this is helpful to someone...
Booked a Y redemption for PDX-FRA in July, 2 seats, 25k each, not a great deal but we've got miles to burn. Booked on the AS site no problem, but when I went to get seats on condor.com I got this message every time I logged in with our confirmation code:
We regret to inform you that the booking of special services is currently unavailable for technical reasons.
Called the number on the screen (866-960-7915) and was told they can only assign seats for mileage tickets during 9am-7pm German time. So called back this morning, they had to transfer me, and after about 10 minutes on hold (and some funky hold music, Condor, born to flyyyyyyyyyyyyy) they were able to assign seats, US$77.97 for both.
After many many years of flying from every other west coast city to europe, this will be my first PDX direct. Will report back.
Booked a Y redemption for PDX-FRA in July, 2 seats, 25k each, not a great deal but we've got miles to burn. Booked on the AS site no problem, but when I went to get seats on condor.com I got this message every time I logged in with our confirmation code:
We regret to inform you that the booking of special services is currently unavailable for technical reasons.
Called the number on the screen (866-960-7915) and was told they can only assign seats for mileage tickets during 9am-7pm German time. So called back this morning, they had to transfer me, and after about 10 minutes on hold (and some funky hold music, Condor, born to flyyyyyyyyyyyyy) they were able to assign seats, US$77.97 for both.
After many many years of flying from every other west coast city to europe, this will be my first PDX direct. Will report back.
Last edited by spgaston; Jul 20, 2021 at 2:15 pm Reason: found answer in thread
#388
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Yes they are. I am flying Condor SEA > FRA within the next week. I don't know about EQM promo, but I do know Condor Biz gets 200% earnings.
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That’s what I’ve been getting for Condor flights in the past. The seats aren’t great, but when the alternative was some 60k AS miles + $700 for a BA J award, I jumped at the opportunity to earn a bunch of RDM and EQM and skip the LHR experience.