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Former Cook carrier Condor set for further German state support

Air
James Chapple
20 April 2020

The German government is set to tide former Thomas Cook Group carrier Condor over with more emergency funding after the owner of Poland’s national airline Lot pulled out of a deal to acquire Condor.

Condor has continued to fly thanks to loans from the German government

Reuters reports Condor’s €380 million German government bridging loan, agreed following Cook’s collapse last year to make time to help Condor find a buyer, will be extended by a further €200 million.


Condor, Reuters, reports confirmed on Monday (20 April) talks with the government were ongoing. Germany’s economic ministry declined to comment.

Back in January, Poland’s state-backed Polish Aviation Group (PGL), which owns Lot, was announced as "strategic investor" for Condor and promised the airline’s future was "fully secured".