German Charter Airlines

YesterAirlines

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There have been 706 German releases in 400 scale, but of those 482 have been Lufthansa (or one of its subsidiaries) and 76 Condor. That means the rich German airline scene isn't as well represented as it might be. In my collection the non-Condor German Charter airlines have their own half shelf in a Kallax Unit. Their number has just been bolstered by my 50th NG Models L-1011 Tristar - the series 500 D-AERV made by NG all the way back in 2020. The model wears a short term livery adopted after acquisition from United where she'd been N511PA (obviously a former Pan Am frame). Oddly NG never made a standard colours LTU series 500. I picked up most NG Tristars at the point of release but this one being a little obscure I ignored at the time. Nowadays the lack of NG L-1011s leaves me looking for the odd one I didn't buy. This one was an eBay purchase for £25.

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Beautiful birds!!! Germany had (still have? I'm not so sure) such a beautiful history of charter operations and great liveries.
Some models which are still missing in 1:400 and I'd love to see:

Condor B767-300ER in the early 1990s colors:

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Condor B757-200 in the early 1990s colors:

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Hapag Lloyd A310-200 in this scheme:

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LTU Sud B767-300ER

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Thanks for sharing.
Of course Air Berlin has been, with Condor, the guest star of all German charter/leisure airlines, with some good years also for Aero-Lloyd, a common view in all Spanish Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean holiday islands. But Germany was also important as nation were to base some subsidiaries:

DeutscheBA (British Airways)
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Small Planet (Lithuania)
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Star Airlines (France)
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XL Airways Germany (UK)
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Sun Express Germany (Turkey)
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Azur Air Germany (Azur Air Russia)
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