Condor Launches New Frankfurt–Edmonton Route

Condor has just completed its first round-trip direct flights between Frankfurt and Edmonton. The inaugural flight from Frankfurt touched down in Edmonton in the mid-afternoon on Friday, May 26, and then left back for Frankfurt a few hours later.

This is the second direct route to Europe that currently departs from Alberta’s capital city, and luckily, it’s also possible to book it with points.

Condor’s New Frankfurt–Edmonton Route

Condor’s new Edmonton–Frankfurt route launched on May 26, 2023, and is scheduled to continue until September 1, 2023. The direct flight is scheduled twice weekly across the summer travel months.

The westbound flight from Europe departs on Tuesdays and Fridays, and is just under 10 hours in duration. Heading back to Europe, the eastbound flight clocks in at just under nine and a half hours, and also departs on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The flight times are as follows:

• DE2468 Frankfurt (FRA) to Edmonton (YEG), departing 2:05pm and arriving 3:50pm
• DE2469 Edmonton (YEG) to Frankfurt (FRA), departing 5:50pm and arriving 11:15am the next day

The route is served by Condor’s Boeing 767 aircraft, which offers economy, premium economy, and business class cabins.

The flights are loaded into Condor’s website, and can be booked throughout the schedule.

Condor also operates a number of other routes between Frankfurt and destinations across North America. In Canada, you’ll find direct flights to Vancouver (YVR), Toronto (YYZ), Halifax (YHZ), and perhaps the most interesting destination, Whitehorse (YXY). 

Aside from this new Condor route, the only other way to fly direct from Edmonton to Europe is with KLM. 

How to Book Condor’s Frankfurt–Edmonton Route with Points

At the moment, Condor doesn’t belong to any of the major airline alliances. However, the airline has a partnership with Alaska Airlines, and fortunately, that also means that you can redeem Alaska miles for flights with Condor.

Throughout the Summer 2023 schedule, there is wide-open business class availability between Frankfurt and Edmonton. On some dates, you can also find upwards of five business class award seats, which is great news if you happen to be sitting on a healthy stockpile of Alaska miles and have been holding out for a way to redeem them.

A one-way flight in either direction costs as few as 30,000 miles in…