The corona crisis hit many companies hard.
This includes airlines such as Condor, which is now venturing into a very special partnership.
Many airlines and airports such as Frankfurt Airport * are severely affected by the Corona * crisis.
Other companies like
DHL
, on the other hand, are making huge profits - despite or perhaps because of the crisis.
Instead of passengers, Condor now also flies completely different freight.
Frankfurt - Although the wanderlust is growing with a view to the Easter and summer holidays,
many seats in the planes
remain
empty
due to the current
corona pandemic
.
In order to
contain
the
virus
, unnecessary tourist trips to a large number of countries are warned.
The
airlines
have been
hit hard
by the
corona lull
and are a real loser from the crisis.
Other companies, on the other hand, are benefiting from the current situation.
One of the winners is clearly
Deutsche Post DHL
.
Because many shops had to
close
due to
Corona
, online trading is booming.
As a result, the logistics and postal company was able to set several records.
According
to its own information,
Deutsche Post DHL
transported
1.83 billion parcels
in
Germany
in 2020,
significantly more than in the pre-Corona year 2019. There it was 1.59 billion.
So why not
fill
the empty
planes
with parcels and become a
parcel delivery service
?
Deutsche Post DHL is the winner of the Corona crisis: Condor is becoming a parcel delivery service
This is exactly what the
Condor
airline
thought and put into practice.
In the
corona lull
, the holiday airline is now using four of its long-haul aircraft for freight orders from the logistics company
DHL
.
Instead of passengers,
packages
are now also
transported.
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The machines are of the
Boeing
767
type.
They fly from the
DHL hub in Leipzig
to Ireland, Italy and Cologne, as the companies jointly announced.
The parcels are placed in the cargo holds in the lower part of the
aircraft
, while the seats that are still installed in the cabin remain vacant.
Condor: partnership with DHL - positive side effect
Since April 2020,
Condor has been
flying pure freight connections in addition to the heavily thinned out holiday program.
The short flights for
DHL
even have a positive side effect for Condor.
Because as the company announced, the
flights
offer
additional training opportunities for the crews.
The partnership between the two companies is initially limited to the end of May 2021.
However, this could also be a way of
coping with
the
corona crisis
in the
future for heavily battered airlines
.
Because
air traffic
in Germany is
still paralyzed
by
Corona
.
"The year 2021 starts even worse than last year ended," said Dirk Mahns, the managing director responsible for pilot operations at Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), recently.
In
January,
DFS
registered only 74,543 take-offs, landings and overflights.
That is 68.1 percent less than a year earlier and less than ever in DFS history.
In December 2020 there were still 85,000 flight movements.
Frankfurt Airport also affected by the Corona crisis: severe slump
Frankfurt Airport * has also been hit hard by the
Corona crisis
.
In
January, the
operator
Fraport
counted 882,869 passengers at Germany's largest aviation hub, 80.9 percent fewer than a year earlier, as the company listed in the MDax announced.
As early as December, the volume had slumped by 81.7 percent year-on-year.
Things continued to go much better in the
cargo business
.
In January, the volume of freight and airmail in Frankfurt * increased year-on-year by 18.1 percent to 176,266 tons.
So the partnership between Condor and DHL is no coincidence.
There are other innovations at Deutsche Post DHL, one of which could also have an impact on traditional post offices.
However, an important function is missing there.
(svw with material from dpa)
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