Condor Flugdienst GmbH

Placement organization

Name of organization: Condor Flugdienst GmbH
Town/city: Oberursel
Country: Duitsland
Website: http://condor.com

Name of student: Julia Huyeng

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2014-2015

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Airline
Organization’s activities: Condor is Germany’s biggest and well known leisure airline. From 11 German airports, Condor flies to over 75 destinations world-wide which are mainly in Europe, Northern America and Africa.
Target group of the organization: Leisure travellers
Company culture: The company culture is quite informal.
Number of employees: 3500
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Product Management
Brief description of your daily activities: The product management department is responsible for everything that has to do with the product (such as the in-flight entertainment, aircraft interior and all special services). My daily activities are very diverse and every day looks different.
Brief description of your company assignment: I am responsible for two issues of the Condor in-flight magazine.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I am supervised by two very nice employees who are only a few years older than me. Our relationship is very informal.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? well-organized, independent worker, stress-proof
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
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French:
German: Mother tongue
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? I arranged my accommodation via the internet.
How did you go to work every day? I take the public transportation.

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents:
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? If you are not a native German, definitely.

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € With the train, you pay about 80€ from Breda.
Accommodation (monthly): € 460
Local transport (monthly): € 35
General costs of living (monthly): € 250
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? 650€ monthly

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I am German. Therefore, I did not need to adapt.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: julia_1007@hotmail.de

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be open! Everybody is very sweet at Condor and very approachable. You can make great friends at this company.

Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Oberursel is very small and does not offer much to do. Frankfurt can be reached within 20 minutes, though.

Media

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