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This enables their customers to enjoy
enhanced flight connectivity on 70 routes operated by both airlines across
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Middle East with a single end-to-end
ticket fare and seamless baggage handling. The two airlines also signed a
frequent flyer program agreement. Members of Emirates Skywards can now earn and
redeem miles on all flights operated by Condor.
The agreements were signed today at the Dubai
Airshow by Jens Boyd, Condor Commercial Director and Adnan Kazim, Emirates
Chief Commercial Officer. From now on, Emirates passengers will have seamless
connectivity to attractive Condor destinations in Europe and the Caribbean,
including 24 destinations via Frankfurt, twelve destinations via Dusseldorf,
nine destinations via Hamburg and twelve destinations via Munich. The most
popular cities that Emirates customers can fly to include Malaga, Ibiza, Cancún
and Havana - all on one ticket and with convenient baggage transportation all
the way to the destination.
Christian Lesjak, Condor Commercial Director
Sales & Customer Care: "We are making continuous efforts to improve
and expand the offer for our guests. The progressive introduction of the most
modern Airbus A330neo takes the product experience to a new level. With the
Emirates partnership, we are opening doors for our passengers to a broad
network in the Middle East and Asia. We are delighted to welcome Emirates
Skywards members - one of the largest loyalty communities - on board and look
forward to making the benefits of the Skywards program available to our
guests."
"In our ongoing commitment to offer our
customers more choice and access to additional destinations to suit their
travel plans, we are delighted to activate the Interline agreement with Condor,
Germany's most popular leisure airline.We can now offer our guests from Germany
an extended range of flights to popular destinations in Spain, the Balearic
Islands and the Caribbean.As part of the partnership, our joint passengers will
enjoy additional benefits when traveling with Emirates and Condor on one ticket.
In addition, our 1.4 million Skywards members in Germany can now redeem
Emirates miles on Condor flights," says Volker Greiner, Emirates Vice
President North & Central Europe.
The Interline agreement also gives Condor
customers convenient access to Emirates-operated flights between Frankfurt and
Dubai and via Dubai to twelve destinations in Asia, Australasia, Africa and the
Middle East, including Auckland, Bangkok, Male, Muscat and Mauritius. The
flight tickets can now be booked and flown online via www.emirates.de and
www.condor.com, via online travel agencies and via GDS in travel agencies.
Earn miles in the Condor network
Emirates Skywards members can now earn and
redeem miles on all flights operated by Condor. Members earn up to one Skywards
mile per mile flown in Economy Class, 1.25 Skywards miles per mile flown in
Economy Premium Class and up to 2.15 Skywards miles per mile flown in Business
Class. Skywards members can also redeem miles on Condor-operated flights from
8,000 miles for a one-way flight in Economy Class and from 16,000 miles for a
one-way flight in Business Class. Over 1.4 million Germans and German residents
are registered with Emirates Skywards and benefit from exclusive privileges
such as flight awards, upgrades, hotel stays and experiences that cannot be
bought.
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Credit: © Condor
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