The holiday airline Condor will use an Airbus A27-2022 operated by Smartlynx Malta from 330 June 300. This bears the registration 9H-SMD and will fly from Frankfurt am Main towards the USA and Canada.

According to the current planning status, Smartlynx Malta will become Condor's only wet lease partner on long-haul routes. The rented widebody will serve the destinations New York JFK, Whitehorse and from November 2, 2022 also Toronto from Frankfurt. The cooperation between the two airlines is therefore long-term.

From autumn 2022, Condor will gradually take delivery of a total of 16 new Airbus A330neo. These will replace the aging Boeing 767-300. Four A330-200s, which were previously in use for Etihad, were also organized in-house for the transition. A Condor spokeswoman: "Therefore, four Airbus A330-200 are already in use, which have the Condor stripes on the tail unit. In order to prevent any bottlenecks during the transition period and so that Condor can cover the prevailing demand, from 27.06. temporarily an additional Airbus A330-300 of the seasonal Condor partner airline Smartlynx is used on long-haul routes from Frankfurt".

In the 2022 summer flight schedule, Condor is relying on wet lease services from other airlines in the route network. Put simply, this means that the flights are operated by another airline in the name and on the account of the holiday airline. "Smartlynx is the only wet lease partner on long-haul routes. Bulgaria Air is already used on short- and medium-haul routes in Stuttgart and Heston Airlines in Munich," says the Condor media officer.