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Bonn / Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - The Federal Cartel Office is checking whether Lufthansa is abusing its market power in the battle for long-haul tourist passengers.
The authority responds to a complaint from the vacation airline Condor and has opened a formal investigation.
Because of the approaching summer season, one recognizes the matter as particularly urgent, said an authority spokesman on Thursday in Bonn.
The companies involved had already been given the opportunity to comment.
In essence, it is about the fact that Lufthansa terminated the long-term flat-rate contract for feeder flights to Condor long-distance travel last November.
This makes connecting connections with a change of airline more difficult to book.
Lufthansa used to be liable for delays at the feeder.
The Condor stated that the corresponding Lufthansa flights are currently also blocked for individual bookings for their agents.
The Lufthansa Group avowedly wants to get more involved in the business of long-haul tourist flights and has therefore founded the new "Eurowings Discover" flight company, on which tourist flights are to be bundled.
Condor used to be a Lufthansa subsidiary itself and has stood on its own two feet with the help of a large government loan since the Thomas Cook Group went down.
Lufthansa was also saved by the state in the Corona crisis.
She declined to comment on the procedure on Thursday.
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