Condor and Emirates announce interline partnership

International

Condor and Emirates today announced the activation of their reciprocal interline agreement.

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.