The invention relates to a flame-retardant polyamide composition containing: as component A) 1 to 96 wt. % of one or more thermoplastic polyamides; as component B) 2 to 25 wt. % of a diorganylphosphinic acid salt of formula (I),






wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and C1-C18 alkyl is linear, branched or cyclical, C6-C18 aryl, C7-C18 arylalkyl and/or C7-C18 alkylaryl; M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is 1 to 4; n is 1 to 4; as component C) 2 to 20 wt. % of at least a further polymer component, selected from the classes of thermoplastic polyester and polyester elastomers; as component D) 0 to 20 wt. % of a salt of the phosphorous acid of general formula (II),

[HP(═O)O2]2−Mm+  (II)

in which M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na and/or K; as component E) 0 to 20 wt. % of one or more condensation products of melamine and/or reaction products of melamine with phosphoric acids and/or melamine cyanurate; as component F) 0 to 50 wt. % of a filler and/or reinforcing agent; as component G) 0 to 5 wt. % of a compatibilizing agent for the polymer components; as component H) 0 to 2 wt. % of a phosphite or phosphonite or mixtures thereof; and as component I) 0 to 2 wt. % of an ester or salt of long-chained aliphatic carboxylic acids (fatty acids) which typically have chain lengths of C14 to C40, wherein the sum of the components always amounts to 100 wt. %.