Germany's other airlines: Condor, TUIfly, Germania, SunExpress Germany

When Air Berlin Group disappeared from the market in Oct-2017 it took 10% of Germany's airline seat capacity. As has been pointed out in a number of CAPA reports, this gap has quickly been filled, with Lufthansa (through its Eurowings subsidiary) and easyJet taking on much of airberlin's capacity and Ryanair continuing on its organic growth path.

While these big players dominate much of the German market and the headlines, Europe's number two aviation market has four other indigenous airlines that are quietly pursuing their own growth plans.

They comprise Condor and TUIfly (subsidiaries of Europe's leading tour operators), SunExpress Germany (co-owned by Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines), and Germania, which has been the fastest growing German airline over the past five years.

Germany's 'other four' airlines are not yet challenging the dominance of Lufthansa Group, or even of Ryanair and easyJet (respectively number two and three in Germany), but they demonstrate the dynamic nature of this market.