Condor extends Frankfurt–Cape Town flights into May 2026: Perfect for spring holidays in South Africa!

German leisure airline Condor is set to extend its seasonal flights from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town, offering travellers more opportunities to experience South Africa’s iconic landscapes and vibrant city life. Initially scheduled to end in April 2026, the flights will now continue from 02 May 2026 until 22 May 2026, giving holidaymakers extra flexibility for late-spring travel.
During this extended season, Condor will operate three weekly flights between Germany and South Africa. Flight DE2290 departs Frankfurt on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, while the return service, Flight DE2291, leaves Cape Town on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. This schedule makes it easier for travellers to plan both short city breaks and longer adventures in and around Cape Town, including the Cape Winelands, Table Mountain, and the Cape Peninsula.

For those searching for direct flights from Germany to South Africa in May 2026, Condor’s extended schedule provides a convenient and comfortable option, connecting Europe to one of Africa’s most popular tourist destinations.

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Condor set to increase seasonal flights to South Africa!

German leisure airline Condor is set to expand its seasonal long-haul operations for the 2025/2026 European winter season with increased flights to South Africa. Starting 01 November 2025, the airline will offer daily return flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town, up from the previous five weekly services. Additionally, flights between Frankfurt and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg will increase from two to three times per week. Both routes will be operated by Condor's Airbus A330-900neo, which accommodates 310 passengers, including 30 in business class, 64 in premium economy, and 216 in economy.

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Namibia: Windhoek becomes Eurowing Discover's most frequently served destination! [update]

update (06 June 2022): Discover will increase the number of flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek to a total of ten weekly frequencies from 01 July 2022 to 06 November 2022. From then on, the airline will still offer seven weekly flights between the two destinations.

German leisure carrier Eurowings Discover, owned and operated by the Lufthansa Group, has announced that Windhoek in Namibia is set to become the most frequently served destination in its flight schedule. From 27 March 2022, the airline will increase its offer from five to seven weekly flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek, operated as year-round service. The program will then be further expanded to a total of ten weekly flights during northern summer peak season, lasting from 02 July 2022 to 11 September 2022. The flights depart Windhoek every day in the early evening. The three additional services during summer are scheduled on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, departing the Namibian capital early in the morning.
From end of March 2022 to mid-November 2022, three weekly services will be
operated as tag legs with onward flights to Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA) in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The route is offered on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with a short stopover in Windhoek. The regulatory approval has been granted to Eurowings Discover to also make their flights available for travellers from Namibia to fly to Victoria Falls from mid-April 2022.
Eurowings Discover is the only European airline currently offering direct flights
between Europe and Namibia and the first intercontinental airline ever to
operate scheduled services to Victoria Falls. 

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Germany: Condor resumes flights to South Africa! [update #2]

update (07 October 2022): Condor is operating flights between Frankfurt and Cape Town during the South African Summer season from 04 October 2022 to 23 April 2023, with two flights per week for the first month of operation, thereafter, increasing to three times per week from November 2022.

update (25 March 2022): Condor is set to restart direct flights between Frankfurt and Cape Town on 04 October 2022. Direct flights to Johannesburg will commence on 04 November 2022.

German charter airline Condor is set to launch a seasonal nonstop service to a new destination in South Africa during the winter 2022/23 season. Effective 01 November 2022, the airline will operate two weekly flights on Mondays and Fridays between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg. Condor will also restart its service between Frankfurt and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town with  three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 01 November 2022. The service to Cape Town was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Germany: Eurowings Discover to launch flights between Frankfurt <> Kruger National Park! [update]

update (05 August 2022): Lufthansa has announced that Eurowings Discover will turn its new Frankfurt <> Kruger National Park route into a year-round service for 2023.

German airline Eurowings Discover will be the first intercontinental airline ever to start scheduled operations to South Africa's Kruger National Park. In its first season, between 15 November 2022 and 25 March 2023, the airline will fly three times a week from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, to Kruger Mpumulanga International Airport (KMIA; MQP), with a short stopover at Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Namibia's capital Windhoek. Kruger Mpumulanga International Airport (KMIA; MQP) is located 27 km north east of Mbombela (Nelspruit), the  major stopover point for tourists traveling to Kruger National Park.

Eurowings Discover is the Lufthansa Group's new leisure airline that flies travellers from the Frankfurt hub – and from summer 2022 also from Munich – to the most beautiful local and long-distance destinations in the world.

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Lufthansa Group to increase flights to South Africa!

Following the recategorizing of South Africa as a Covid-19 high risk country from 01 August 2021 by the German Government and the easing of travel restrictions, the Lufthansa Group has revised its schedules by increasing the number flights to South Africa. Effective from 24 August 2021, Lufthansa will increase capacity between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg to five weekly flights. Additionally, the airline will increase flights between Frankfurt and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town to three weekly flights. SWISS will also increase return flights to Cape Town from Zurich Airport (ZRH) in Zürich, Switzerland.

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Lufthansa Group's brand new airline "Eurowings Discover" now connects Frankfurt <> Windhoek!

Eurowings Discover, Lufthansa Group's news leisure airline, has begun operations in Windhoek, Namibia. The airline touched down at Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) for the very first time this morning (11 August 2021). Flight 4Y132 departed from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, on 10 August 2021 and arrived in Windhoek at 08:05. Eurowings Discover is the only European airline currently offering direct flights to Namibia.
Eurowings Discover operates five weekly flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between Frankfurt and Windhoek in 2021. From March 2022, the airline will increase its service to daily flights with three weekly onward tag flights to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.

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Covid-19: The Lufthansa Group temporarily reduces flights between Frankfurt <> Windhoek! [update]

update (31 July 2021): Germany's Robert Koch Institut (RKI) will with effect from 01 August 2021 downgrade Namibia and South Africa from being classified as Covid-19 virus variant areas to areas of high risk. According to Dr. Andrè Schulz, General Manager of the Lufthansa Group in Southern & East Africa, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group will - based on the new regulations that are coming with the downgrade - continuously re-evaluate and adjust capacities to meet the demand according to customer needs.

The Lufthansa Group has adapted its schedule for flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Namibia's capital Windhoek. As a result of Namibia being classified a Covid-19 variant area of concern by Germany's Robert Koch Institut (RKI), the Lufthansa Group has reduced its flight schedule from five flights per week between Frankfurt and Windhoek to three weekly flights between the two cities. The reduction became effective from 13 July 2021. Along with these changes, due to operational reasons the airline has also adapted the departure schedule from Windhoek. Effective 15 July 2021, all flights departing from Windhoek will incur a 12hrs:15min delay. There will be no time change for departures from Frankfurt.

For those passengers holding confirmed tickets on these flights which are affected by the schedule changes, the Lufthansa Group will offer a rebooking at no additional charge.

Germany: Condor delays the resumption of flights to Namibia until 2022! [update]

update (30 June 2021): Condor has released its summer flight schedule 2022. Flights to the long-haul destinations in the airline's flight schedule for summer 2022 (01 May - 31 October 2022) are bookable now. Condor will operate two weekly flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek, Namibia, on Mondays and Thursdays.

German charter airline Condor just confirmed that it has postponed the resumption of flights to Namibia. The airline initially planned to restart flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek, Namibia, in May 2021. Condor than moved the launch date to end of June 2021. According to the airline, the service between Frankfurt and Windhoek has now been delayed until May 2022. We'll keep you posted.

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Germany: Eurowings Discover to launch flights between Frankfurt <> Victoria Falls!

Lufthansa Group's leisure airline Eurowings Discover is set to launch a new service to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Effective 30 March 2022, the airline will operate three weekly flights on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt and Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA) in Victoria Falls via Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek, Namibia. Also from 30 March 2022, Eurowings Discover will increase its operations between Frankfurt and Windhoek from five weekly flights to a daily schedule.

• Frankfurt 21:50 > 08:20+1 Windhoek
• Windhoek 09:15 > 11:45 Victoria Falls
• Victoria Falls 15:05 > 17:45 Windhoek
• Windhoek 18:45 > 05:35+1 Frankfurt

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Lufthansa temporarily reduces flights between Frankfurt <> Cape Town!

Due to operational reasons, Lufthansa is temporarily changing its Frankfurt <> Cape Town schedule. According to a media release, the airline has reduced the number of flights between Frankfurt and Cape Town from three weekly flights to two weekly flights between 19 May 2021 and 30 June 2021. Flight LH576 departs Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt at 22:15 on Wednesdays and Fridays and arrives at Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town at 10:00 the following day. The return flight LH577 departs Cape Town at 17:45 on Thursdays and Saturdays and arrives in Frankfurt at 05:40 the following day. 

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Lufthansa Group: Flights between Frankfurt <> Windhoek to be operated by the new "Eurowings Discover! [update]

update (19 June 2021): Effective 20 Jun 2021, the German Government will officially downgrade Namibia as a virus variant area. Lufthansa Group's flight schedule will operate as per normal with the following conditions highlight below:

1. Only German nationals and holders of a German resident permit are allowed to enter Germany.
2. Transit via Germany to any Schengen destination is only permitted for German nationals and holders of a German resident permit.
3. All passengers mentioned in point 1 and 2 must hold a negative COVID-19 test result at time of departure, not older than 72 hours from the planned arrival in Germany, (exception Antigen-tests: 24 hours) and must register online under following link: https://www.einreiseanmeldung.de/
4. Transit to any Non-Schengen destination (exception China) is permitted for all nationalities.
5. All passengers must observe local quarantine regulations. Detailed information can be found under following links: https://lufthansa.travel-regulations.com/?language=en and www.lufthansa.com/de/en/flight-information

The Lufthansa Group has announced that it will continue to operate five weekly flights to and from Windhoek throughout 2021 and that it will move its flight operations between Germany and Namibia from Eurowings to the new leisure brand Eurowings Discover from the beginning of August 2021. Until the end of May 2021, Eurowing's existing flight schedule to and from Windhoek shall remain unchanged. From the beginning of June 2021 until the end of July 2021, flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek will be serviced by Lufthansa. During these two month, flights between Windhoek and Frankfurt will be operated during the night. Thereafter, from August 2021, the Lufthansa Group will move all fight operations to and from Windhoek under its new Eurowings Discover brand and will continue operating five weekly flights between Windhoek and Frankfurt with an evening departure from Namibia's capital.

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Lufthansa to resume direct flights between Frankfurt <> Cape Town!

The Lufthansa Group, which includes Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, is set to resume direct flights to Cape Town in South Africa. Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, is planning to relaunch flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town at the end of March 2021 with three weekly frequencies. The airline will also increase the number of flights between Frankfurt and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg from currently three weekly flights to five weekly flights from 01 April 2021. The flag carrier of Switzerland, Swiss, will continue to operate three weekly flights between Zurich Airport (ZRH) in Zürich and Johannesburg. 

• Frankfurt 22:15 > 10:00 Cape Town on Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (effective 25 March 2021)
• Cape Town 17:45 > 05:40 Frankfurt on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays (effective 27 March 2021)
  

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Lufthansa has suspended flights between Fankfurt <> Cape Town!

Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, has temporarily suspended its direct service between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town until further notice. This is due to a general ban on travel and entry from countries with widespread occurrence of Covid-19 virus variants, which includes South Africa, eSwatini and Lesotho. Lufthansa continues to operate three weekly flights between Frankfurt and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg. Swiss, the flag carrier of Switzerland and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, also continues to operate three weekly flights between Zurich Airport (ZRH) in Zurich and Johannesburg. 

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Condor to resume flights between Frankfurt <> Windhoek! [update]

update (28 April 2021): According to Condor's website, the airline will lauch non-stop flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek on 28 June 2021

German charter airline Condor is set to resume flights to Namibia. Effective 03 May 2021, the airline will operate two weekly non-stop flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek, Namibia. Flights will depart Frankfurt on Mondays and Thursdays at 21:50 and arrive in Windhoek at 08:05 on the following day. The return flights will depart Windhoek on Tuesdays and Fridays at 20:00 and will arrive in Frankfurt at 06:35 on the following day. 

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Namibia: Lufthansa Group to increase flights between Frankfurt <> Windhoek! [update]

update (17 March 2021): Dr. André Schulz, Lufthansa Group's General Manager for Southern Africa and East Africa, has confirmed in an interview with a South African newspaper that Eurowings, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, will increase flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek to five weekly frequencies in April 2021. Eurowings is currently the only carrier directly connecting Europe and Namibia.

The Lufthansa Group has announced that it will be adding a fourth and fifth frequency between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek, Namibia, in March 2021 and April 2021. The new frequencies will be serviced by an Airbus A330 and are subject to final government approval. However, the additional flights are already bookable. Details of these additional flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek are highlighted below:

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Namibia: Air Namibia's flights between Windhoek <> Frankfurt remain suspended! [update]

update (10 Februray 2021): Air Namibia's return flights between Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek and Frankuft Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt are still suspended!

According to the facebook page of Air Namibia Deutschland, the German branch of Namibia's flag carrier, flights between Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek and Frankuft Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt remain suspended (at least) until 31.01.2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The airline is accepting cancellation and rebooking of flights free of charge. Travellers can also receive credit for flights that were booked before 31 January 2021.

Lufthansa's flight schedule to South Africa is fully operational!

The largest German airline, Lufthansa, has resumed flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town. The first flight since the lifting of the international travel ban in South Africa landed in Cape Town on 08 October 2020. The airline will operate two weekly flights between Frankfurt and Cape Town on Mondays and Fridays with all flights departing in the evening and landing at their destination in the morning.
Lufthansa also resumed flights between Frankfurt and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg. The airline's flight on 01 October 2020 was the very first international flight to arrive in South Africa after ending a more than six-month ban on international travel in South Africa that was part of the country's restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19. With the resumption of flights to Johannesburg and Cape Town, Lufthansa's flight schedule to South Africa is now fully operational.
Two other Lufthansa Group carriers, Swiss International Air Lines and Austrian Airlines, are also resuming their operations into South Africa. Swiss International Air Lines already resumed its service last week with a once weekly nonstop return service from Zürich Airport (ZRH) in Zürich to Johannesburg. Austrian Airlines recently announced their plans to resume flights between Vienna International Airport (VIE) in Vienna and Cape Town in mid-December 2020.

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Namibia: Eurowings to return to Namibia!

German budget carrier Eurowings, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, has announced the return to Namibia. Effective 19 September 2020, the airline will offer three weekly flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek. Flights between to Windhoek will be operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, while the return fligtht to Frankfurt will be on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

• Frankfurt 20:00 > 06:20 Windhoek (next day)
• Windhoek 08:20 > 18:50 Frankfurt

Hitradio Namibia · André Schulz, Managing Director Lufthansa Group Southern Africa & East Africa

Namibia: Eurowings is planning to resume flights between Frankfurt <> Windhoek! [update]

update (12 Juni 2020): According to routesonline, planned Eurowings service on Frankfurt <> Windhoek route has been removed from its listing.>

update (09 June 2020): We contacted Eurowings regarding the resumption of flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek. According to the social media team of Eurowings, they do not have any information reqarding our inquiry at this point. We'll keep you posted!

According to aviation specialists routesonline, German low-cost airline Eurowings is planning to resume scheduled flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany, and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek, Namibia. Effective 30 June 2020, the airline will operate three weekly return flights on board an Airbus A330-200 aircraft to Namibia's capital. 

NB. We just checked Eurowings booking engine on the airline's website. As of today, no flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek are available to book from 30 June 2020 onwards. We'll keep you posted!