The unions Vereinigung Cockpit and Verdi have agreed on a new collective agreement with the management of the German holiday airline Condor. The employee representatives explain that this should include far-reaching improvements for the pilots.

Due to state aid, which Condor has used several times in recent years, the size of the fleet is currently limited. The majority owner Attestor has already found a solution for this, because a sister company based in Estonia, Marabu Airlines, has been set up. Since the start of operations, this has not been able to get out of the negative impact targets due to many delays and cancellations. Since tickets are sold via Condor and travelers who originally booked flights with the German airline were rebooked on Marabu, the Condor brand also suffers from the poor performance of the Estonian sister company, which operates the majority of flights from wet lease providers leaves.

The Cockpit Association describes the collective agreement concluded with Condor as a joint pact for growth. It should include inflation compensation and one-off payments to mitigate recent inflation. The compensation table has been expanded by six additional tiers.

The structurally effective compensation for inflation includes increases of seven percent for 2024 and five percent for the next two years as of January. Should the official inflation rate in Germany turn out to be higher than the agreed rate of increase, the increase will automatically be increased by half of this difference. The agreement also includes one-off payments totaling 3000 euros per pilot.

"Despite ongoing collective agreements, we have reached a conclusion in trusting cooperation with a view to the future and thus secured growth prospects for Condor," says VC President Stefan Herth. "If the Condor is doing well, the pilots are doing well too! We have achieved a win-win situation that benefits everyone. This exemplary social partnership fairness on both sides is not a matter of course. I would like to thank everyone involved on the part of Condor as well as on our side".