Condor plans record capacity this summer; added 12 destinations recently

Condor is the fourth-largest airline serving Germany, after Lufthansa, Eurowings and Ryanair. According to Cirium schedule data for Q3 2026 (July-September), the leisure carrier Condor has 4.68 million two-way seats.

Compared to the same three months in 2025, capacity has risen by 11%. It has also risen by 26% from before the pandemic in 2019, with nearly one million additional seats. It is now at its highest level to date.

Planespotters.net shows that Condor has 54 aircraft. Its fleet consists of 18 A330-900s, 12 A321ceos, 10 A320ceos, seven A321neos and seven A320neos. However, it also leases in additional aircraft, which this year includes E190s from German Airways and Helvetic.

78 destinations are served in the peak summer

Cirium data shows that Condor’s network comprises 78 destinations in Q3. Of these, 45 are in Europe, 12 are in North America, eight are in Africa, six are in Asia, four are in the Middle East and three are in the Caribbean.

Approximately 95% of the airline’s seats are to, from and within Germany. But also has a limited operation from Basel to Spain and Zurich to Cyprus, Greece and Spain.

Some 32 countries are served from Germany. Given the time of the year, Spain is by far the leading country, followed by Greece, Italy, the USA and Switzerland. Compared to Q3 2025, Georgia, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Tanzania and the UK are now served. However, it has ceased flying to Kosovo, Panama and Turkey.

Twelve airports that were not part of its network in the third quarter last year are now. They are Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, Budapest,Cairo, Dortmund, Haikou, London LGW, Münster/Osnabrück, Sulaymaniyah, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv and Venice. However, Antalya, Dubai, Faro, Leipzig, Miami, Palermo, Panama City, Phuket, Pristina and Trieste have been dropped. Leipzig now sees Maribu instead, which is Condor’s partner.

Frankfurt is the top airport

With 1.5 million departing seats in Q3, Frankfurt is by far Condor’s most-served airport. Capacity has risen by 36% year-over-year. This growth means that 62% of the airline’s seats are at Frankfurt, which has increased by 15 percentage points.

Some 68 destinations are served. Palma de Mallorca is the leading market, followed by Vienna, Rome FCO, Barcelona and Paris CDG.

Compared to Q3 2025, nine markets have joined its Frankfurt network, which are served for P2P traffic and to feed its wider network via Frankfurt:

• 12 February 2026: Haikou (2-weekly via Bangkok)
• 1 April 2026: London LGW (3-daily)
• 30 April 2026: Budapest (3-daily)
• 30 April 2026: Venice (3-daily)
• 1 May 2026: Abu Dhabi (daily)
• 1 May 2026: Barcelona (3-daily)
• 15 June 2026: Tbilisi (daily)
• 26 June 2026: Cairo (daily)
• 2 July 2026: Tel Aviv (daily)

Frankfurt-Palma de Mallorca is the leading market

Condor’s full network in the examined period comprises of 135 routes, of which three are domestic. Two of them, Frankfurt to Berlin and Hamburg, made the airline’s most-served routes list. They have been served since March 2025.

Significantly, it is the first time that Berlin has had two airlines since easyJet pulled out in 2020. In Hamburg’s case, two airlines exist for the first time since the now defunct airberlin ceased the route in 2011.

With 121,100 one-way seats, Frankfurt to Palma de Mallorca Condor’s most-served market.  It usually is number one, especially in Q3. The airline has 42-weekly one-way flights in August, surpassing the other operators: Discover (22), Lufthansa (14) and TUIfly (7).