In the dispute over the feeder flights for Condor announced by Lufthansa, the crane now wants to approach the former subsidiary. A spokeswoman confirmed that Lufthansa had made appropriate contact in this case. The Bundeskartellamt previously signaled that the Kranich Group could abuse its market power.

Also turned off meanwhile the EU Commission and accused the German government of having disregarded the conditions that led to the approval of state aid. Both circumstances are likely to have led to a rethink, because Germany's largest airline is now looking for a solution with Condor through negotiations.

It is completely unclear why the escalation in the form of a lawsuit before the court of the European Union and the competition complaint with the Federal Cartel Office was necessary. According to a report by Wirtschaftswoche, the EU Commission is now supposed to be observing Lufthansa's business conduct “with eagle eyes”. The background is the around nine billion euros in state aid. The competition authorities make serious accusations against Germany.