The German leisure airline is renewing its short- and medium-haul fleet: Condor is ordering Airbus A320 Neo and A321 Neo to replace the Boeing 757, among other things.
“We’re in business, not show business,” said Airbus sales manager Christian Scherer last week at the Farnborough Airshow. Whether an order “symbolically coincides with the air show or not is almost irrelevant”. And indeed, three days after the end of the trade fair, the aircraft manufacturer is presenting another order – from Germany.
Condor orders 41 aircraft from the A320 Neo Family: 13 A320 Neo and 28 Airbus A321 Neo. There are also purchase options for an undisclosed number of additional jets. This was announced by the German holiday airline on Monday morning (July 25th). According to a Condor spokeswoman, the Airbus A321 XLR version, which has a particularly long range, is not included.
Engines come from Pratt & Whitney
Some of the aircraft are bought, some are rented – the airline does not comment on the division. The jets are scheduled to enter service from spring 2024, when the renewal of the long-haul fleet is complete. The aircraft will carry Pratt & Whitney engines: PW1127G on the A320 Neo, PW1133G on the A321 Neo.
Visualization of the A321 Neo from Condor. Image: Condor.
The A320 Neo and A321 Neo will gradually replace Condor’s current short and medium-haul fleet. It currently consists of 39 jets: 13 Boeing 757-300 (average age 23.1 years), 16 Airbus A320-200 (17.6 years), ten A321-200 (8.2 years).
Long-haul renewal in progress
The long-haul fleet is already being renewed. As a replacement for the Boeing 767, the leisure airline has leased four used Airbus A330s of the older Ceo generation for the transition. The first of 16 new Airbus A330-900 Neo aircraft will arrive in autumn.
“We made a decision for the long haul,” had Condor boss Ralf Teckentrup told aeroTELEGRAPH in November 2021, “And for short and medium-haul routes, our company will also think about something in the next 18 to 24 months.” Now the decision has been made much faster.