Condor, Eurowings to take over airberlin Caribbean routes

German leisure carrier Condor and Lufthansa's Eurowings will launch flights to the Caribbean from Dusseldorf from Sept. 25, following the closure of airberlin’s long-haul routes to these regions. Condor will wet lease one Airbus A330-200 on flights from Dusseldorf to Punta Cana and La Romana (Dominican Republic), Cancun (Mexico), Montego Bay (Jamaica) and Barbados, from November. “We have spent a lot of effort to find a quick solution to keep air traffic ongoing for holiday-makers [to the Caribbean] and we quickly came to the conclusion that this measure is an important step to secure leisure business with the Caribbean,” CEO Ralf Teckentrup said. Eurowings will launch 4X-weekly services from Dusseldorf to Punta Cana from Nov. 8; a weekly service to Varadero (Cuba) starting Dec. 16; weekly service to Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic) from Dec. 14; and 2X-weekly service to Cancun beginning Dec.18.<br/>