Lufthansa’s holiday subsidiary Condor, which had the distinction of being the first charter airline with a widebody aircraft (when they introduced a pair of 747-200s), placed an order for two DC-10-30s in the late seventies. These replaced the 747s which were considered as too large for Condor’s network, especially in the winter months, and entered service in late 1979. #342 (D-ADSO), which was the last DC-10 of the whole Lufthansa group, was delivered in 1981 and made its last flight for Condor on October 1st 1999 - the date when 25 years of DC-10 services came finally to an end for the Lufthansa group. The Douglas trijet has flown on the long-range routes to the Caribbean, USA and Far East during the 1980s and early 1990, but these were taken over by the 767-300ER and the DC-10 had its final years on high-density routes to the Mediterranean Sea. There were already plans to phase out the DC-10s in the early 1990s and Belair Ile de France was close to purchase one of the three aircraft. However, these plans were dropped after the boom in the tourism industry in the mid-1990s. Beside the three own aircraft, some more were leased from Lufthansa (especially in the middle of the 1990s when Lufthansa phased out their own DC-10s). Other aircraft in the Condor fleet are actually the 757-200/300 and the A320 operated by Condor Berlin.
Following aircraft were operated by or for Condor:
