Condor Plans Boeing 757 Retirement

Condor is expected to retain its fleet of Boeing 757s longer than first imagined, per the latest scheduling identified by aeroroutes.aero.

As part of the new schedule, the airline’s Boeing 757-300 fleet will continue flying until at least 31 October 2025, some five days later than initially scheduled.

During this five-day period, Condor will deploy its 757-300 between Frankfurt and Antalya as DE142/143 and Munich to Antalya as DE746/747.

Fleet data indicates Condor now has eight Boeing 757-300s remaining that are actively flying on its daily network. However, these aircraft average some 25.4 years old, and many units have been removed.

While the 757 is still considered a workhorse across the airline’s business, it remains a plane that the airline is looking to retire sooner rather than later.

Condor Says Goodbye In 2025

In March 2024, Condor announced that it had signed a deal with Crestone Air Partners to purchase 757s from the airlines, with 11 757-300 jets included.

2025 and, for that matter, 2024 are considered to be important years for the Condor operation as it moves ahead with fleet renewal efforts to become more efficient.

As a result, planes such as the 757, which have served an integral role in the airline’s fleet for so long, are now not required at the rate they once were.

The airline has already axed its commitment to the 767, and the 757 has long been expected to follow. Previous reporting from aerotegraph.de suggested that the 757s would depart the airline in 2025 as replacements trickled through.

Moving forward, there will be a greater reliance on Airbus-produced jets, with the next-generation A330neo already entering the business and showing its capabilities exceed those of the older generation planes it replaces, such as the 767.

Condor says that the Boeing 757 will be replaced by a type in the A320neo family, including the higher-capacity A321neo model, which will maximise capacity and strongly focus on efficiency.