Condor (DE, Frankfurt International) has announced it will add additional capacity to a number of German airports, as well as to Vienna and Zurich, to cover for the market gap left following the grounding of Niki (Austria) (Vienna).

The carrier will offer additional flights from Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf and Munich to Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Tenerife Sur, as well as from Cologne/Bonn and Dusseldorf to Fuerteventura. The German leisure specialist will also serve Lanzarote and Las Palmas from Zurich and Vienna.

The airline also extended the summer-only flights from Cologne/Bonn, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt International and Munich to Palma de Mallorca for the winter period. Condor has announced it plans to offer a total of 68,000 extra seats on all additional services and is working closely with tour operators to ensure they are able to carry all passengers who were supposed to travel on Niki.

Niki suspended all operations on December 14, a day after Lufthansa Group's decision to withdraw its takeover offer forced it to file for bankruptcy. Air Berlin (1991) bankruptcy administrators are currently examining four other bids for the carrier including from founder Niki Lauda, IAG International Airlines Group, PrivatAir (Switzerland) and Thomas Cook Group. A decision is expected in early 2018.