Condor Airlines Launches New Service to Grenada and Cuba

By: - November 13th, 2014

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Germany’s Condor Airlines has officially begun its new weekly service from Frankfurt to the islands of Grenada and Cuba.

The Cuba service includes a new weekly flight from Cologne to the beach city of Varadero, while the Grenada flight comes out of Frankfurt.

The first Condor flight to Grenada launched on Nov. 8; that flight represented the return of service to Grenada following a four-year Hiatus.

Condor will be flying Saturdays to Grenada from Frankfurt during the winter tourist season.

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