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MEDIA-Thomas Cook wants to hold on to Condor airline -CEO to FAZ

* Thomas Cook (Frankfurt: A0MR3W - news) wants to hang onto its loss-making German airline Condor, CEO Peter Fankhauser tells the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview.

* Last year three sources told Reuters that Lufthansa was seeking a Condor partnership or takeoever to further expand its low-cost Eurowings business.

* Thomas Cook said in November it was implementing a turnaround plan to try to improve profits at Condor by focusing on longer-haul flights after exposure to Turkey and overcapacity in the German market hurt the airline. Further company coverage: ($1 = 0.9258 euros) (Reporting by Frankfurt Newsroom)