Germany’s Condor adds more capacity to fill NIKI gap

Condor has leased 7 aircraft during the holiday season to fill a capacity gap left by Airberlin subsidiary NIKI, which filed for bankruptcy and immediately ceased operations Dec 13. The additional capacity offers more than 68,000 seats to destinations including the Canary Islands and Baleares Islands (both in Spain) over the Christmas/New Year’s peak season throughout early January. The immediate insolvency of NIKI has left thousands of passengers stranded. For example, Dec 16 NIKI canceled 63 flights to and from Palma de Mallorca (Spain). Condor will schedule extra flights from Vienna, Zurich and Palma de Mallorca. From Germany more capacity is available from Cologne, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich. <br/>