German leisure carrier, Condor, and Lufthansa Group Eurowings, will launch flights to the Caribbean next Monday – September 25 from Dusseldorf.
This follows the closure of Airberlin’s long-haul routes to the region.
Condor flights
Condor says it will wet-lease one Airbus A330-200 on flights from Dusseldorf to Punta Cana and La Romana in the Dominican Republic; Cancun, Mexico; Montego Bay, Jamaica and Bridgetown, 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]. We quickly came to the conclusion that this measure is an important step to secure leisure business with the Caribbean,” Condor CEO Ralf Teckentrup said in a statement.
Eurowings flight
Eurowings will launch services four times weekly from Dusseldorf to Punta Cana from November 8; a weekly service to Varadero, Cuba, starting December 16; weekly service to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic from December 14; and twice weekly service to Cancun as of December 18.
“Dusseldorf needs an attractive, cost-effective long-haul airline. We are ready to take this role,” said CCO, Oliver Wagner.
Eurowings says it will take delivery of its seventh Airbus A330-200 next year.
The A330 fleet, which is wet-leased from the Lufthansa/Turkish Airlines joint venture SunExpress, operates on the Eurowings long-haul network.
