Boeing 767-300ER Condor Flugdienst

Boeing 767-300ER (767-330(ER)(WL)) - Condor Flugdienst (Germany) - D-ABUA (MSN 26991) - Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport (FRA) - May 2016.

Condor Flugdienst GmbH is a German holiday airline. It flies tourists from Germany to the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Its predecessor Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH was founded in December 1955, and in 1959/1960 Lufthansa acquired the airline as a subsidiary. In 1961, Deutsche Flugdienst took over its competitor Condor-Luftreederei, forming Condor Flugdienst GmbH. During the 1990s, Condor merged with other companies to become a complete tourism concern under the name C&N Touristik.

Lufthansa sold its shares to Thomas Cook and in 2013, it was renamed Thomas Cook Group Airlines, also including Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium. However, 'Condor' was a strong brand in Germmny. The travelling public in the country didn't like the name change and booked their holidays with other companies. This forced the management to revive the Condor name and soon it was back in big proud characters on the fuselages of the aircraft, although the Thomas Cook logo kept its position on the tail.
In September 2019, Condor's parent company Thomas Cook Group went bankrupt. However, Condor Flugdienst could survive, thanks to a loan from the German government.

In 1971, Condor became the world's first leisure airline to fly a widebody airliner, a Boeing 747. Through the years it also operated the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Airbus A300 and A310. It still flies Boeing 767s, but these are in the process of being replaced by Airbus A330neos. Condor acquired a total of 21 767-300ERs, some of them on lease for short periods.

Boeing delivered the first Boeing 767-300ER MSN 26991 (Line Number 455) to Condor in October 1992. In 2022, it is still operated by the airline.

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