Overview

• Germany’s Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf set aside the Bundeskartellamt’s 2022 order on formal grounds and flagged possible bias within the authority.
• Condor CEO Peter Gerber said the airline will examine legal options, including a Federal Court of Justice complaint and a renewed filing with the competition authority.
• Lufthansa contends the competition authority’s findings on dominance and abuse are now irrelevant and continues to offer only standard interline arrangements.
• Since Lufthansa ended preferential feeder access, Condor’s share of long‑haul passengers arriving via Lufthansa short‑haul flights fell from over 20 percent to about 5 percent.
• Condor has cut several North American routes and is expanding its own feeder services to Frankfurt from nine to twelve European destinations, though airport slot limits constrain growth.