Marabu, styled as marabu and legally incorporated as Marabu Airlines OÜ, is an Estonian leisure airline headquartered in Tallinn, with operations based at Hamburg Airport, Leipzig Airport and Nuremberg Airport in Germany, as well as two seasonal bases, Mallorca Airport in Spain and Heraklion Airport in Greece. Ticket sales are handled by Condor, which describes the carrier as a "sister airline".
History On 13 December 2022, Attestor Capital, the owner of a 51% stake in German leisure airline Condor, announced the incorporation of an Estonia-registered carrier, with operations starting in the 2023 summer season, utilising Airbus A320neo aircraft chartered from Nordica. The carrier is fully owned by German-based special purpose vehicle CD Ferienflug Hessen Holding GmbH.
On 15 April 2023, Marabu's first aircraft, registered ES-MBU, flew the first service from Munich to Palma de Mallorca under the callsign MBU6508.
Shortly after its inauguration, Marabu faced media attention and severe criticism due to several major delays, flight cancellations and supposedly insufficient communication to customers. The airline stated technical issues with leased aircraft and missing cabin crew as a cause, and planned to phase-in additional third-party operators to stabilize the schedule. Trying to stabilize its operations, Marabu cancelled their routes from both Hamburg and Munich to Tallinn before they even started, and cut the flights from Hamburg to Rome after just a few flights.
Destinations The carrier serves around 20 holiday destinations in Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. It was also announced that a larger range of destinations in Germany would be served.
CountryCityAirportNotesCroatiaSplitSplit AirportEgyptHurghadaHurghada International AirportGermanyBerlinBerlin Brandenburg AirportDüsseldorfDüsseldorf Airport FrankfurtFrankfurt Airport HamburgHamburg Airport Leipzig/HalleLeipzig-Halle Airport MunichMunich Airport NurembergNuremberg Airport StuttgartStuttgart Airport Cologne/BonnCologne Bonn Airport GreeceChaniaChania International AirportCorfuCorfu International AirportHeraklionHeraklion International Airport KarpathosKarpathos Island National AirportKefaloniaKefalonia International AirportKosKos International AirportPreveza/LefkadaAktion National AirportRhodesRhodes International AirportVolosNea Anchialos National AirportZakynthosZakynthos International AirportItalyRomeLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino AirportOlbiaOlbia Costa Smeralda Airport Lamezia TermeLamezia Terme International Airport PortugalFaroFaro AirportSpainFuerteventuraFuerteventura AirportGran CanariaGran Canaria AirportJerez de la FronteraJerez AirportLanzaroteLanzarote AirportMalagaMalaga AirportPalma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportSanta Cruz de La PalmaLa Palma AirportTenerifeTenerife-South Airport
Airline partnerships Besides a codeshare partnership with Condor, Marabu also has a partnership with Bul Air a charter brand of Bulgaria Air.
Fleet Current fleet , Marabu operates the following aircraft:
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersAirbus A320neo11—180Total11—
Former fleet
, Marabu operated 12 Airbus A320neo
Marabu had also operated the following aircraft types in the past:
+ Former Marabu fleetAircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotesAirbus A321-200220232023Leased from Heston Airlines.Boeing 737-800120242024Leased from KlasJet.
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