Condor Airlines lifts hopes in Las Vegas: [Final Edition]

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David Ferrell unloads cargo last Monday from an arriving Condor Airlines flight from Cologne, Germany. Condor, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Airlines, is the only airline that provides regularly scheduled service from Europe.

Condor Airlines lifts hopes in Las Vegas

Local tourism officials hope new scheduled direct flights from Europe will bring more foreign visitors.

By Adam Steinhauer

Review-Journal

Tourism officials hope that a new flow of free-spending foreign visitors will be coming into town, with the first regularly scheduled flight service to Las Vegas from Europe.

Condor Airlines, a subsidiary of Germany's Lufthansa Airlines, began in November offering direct flights every Monday from Cologne, Germany, to Las Vegas. In May, Condor plans to begin regularly scheduled flights from Frankfurt every Wednesday.

Direct flights to Las Vegas from Europe and Asia have long been available but only on...