Corendon Airlines

Corendon Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
XC CAI CORENDON
FoundedNovember 2004
Operating bases
Subsidiaries
Fleet size20
Destinations145
Parent companyCorendon Tourism Group
HeadquartersAntalya, Turkey
Key people

Yildiray Karaer (CEO)

Atilay Uslu (Chairman)
Websitecorendonairlines.com

Corendon[pronunciation?] Airlines (incorporated as Turistik Hava Taşımacılık A.Ş.) is a Turkish leisure airline headquartered in Antalya and based at Antalya Airport.

Corendon Airlines is a part of Corendon Tourism Group.

History[edit]

Corendon Airlines, founded in 2004 with flight operations starting in April 2005, is an international airline transporting approximately six million travelers each year. The Dutch sister company Corendon Dutch Airlines was founded in 2011 and the Maltese sister company Corendon Airlines Europe was founded in 2017.[2]

Destinations[edit]

As of April 2023, Corendon Airlines serves the following destinations shown here.[3]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Austria Graz Graz Airport Seasonal
Linz Linz Airport Seasonal
Salzburg Salzburg Airport Seasonal
Vienna Vienna International Airport Seasonal
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport
Curaçao Willemstad Curaçao International Airport [4]
Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport Seasonal
Egypt Hurghada Hurghada International Airport
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam International Airport Seasonal
France Lyon Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Seasonal
Germany Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport Seasonal
Bremen Bremen Airport Seasonal
Cologne Cologne Bonn Airport
Dresden Dresden Airport Seasonal
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport
Erfurt Erfurt Airport Seasonal
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Seasonal
Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen Airport Seasonal
Hamburg Hamburg Airport
Hanover Hannover Airport
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport Seasonal
Kassel Kassel Airport Seasonal
Leipzig Leipzig Airport Seasonal
Munich Munich Airport Seasonal
Munster Munster Airport Seasonal
Nuremberg Nuremberg Airport
Paderborn Paderborn Airport Seasonal
Rostock Rostock Laage Airport Seasonal
Saarbrucken Saarbrucken Airport Seasonal
Greece Corfu Corfu International Airport Seasonal
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Seasonal
Kos Kos International Airport Seasonal
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal
Kazakhstan Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport Seasonal
Morocco Nador Nador International Airport Seasonal
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Rotterdam Rotterdam The Hague Airport
Poland Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport Begins 27 April 2024 [5]
Katowice Katowice Airport
Szczecin Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport Begins 29 May 2024 [5]
Warsaw Warsaw Chopin Airport Seasonal
Romania Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Seasonal
Russia Perm Bolshoye Savino Airport Begins 22 May 2024 [6]
Slovenia Ljubljana Ljubljana Airport Seasonal [7]
Spain Fuerteventura Fuerteventura Airport
Lanzarote Lanzarote Airport
Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Airport
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport Seasonal
Tenerife Tenerife South Airport
Switzerland
France
Germany
Basel
Mulhouse
Freiburg
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Seasonal
Switzerland Zürich Zurich Airport Seasonal
Turkey Adana Adana Airport Seasonal
Alanya Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport Seasonal
Ankara Ankara Esenboğa Airport Seasonal
Antalya Antalya Airport Hub
Bodrum Bodrum Airport Seasonal
Dalaman Dalaman Airport Seasonal
Diyarbakir Diyarbakir Airport Seasonal
Eskişehir Hasan Polatkan Airport Seasonal
Gaziantep Gaziantep Airport Seasonal
İzmir İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport Hub
Kayseri Kayseri Airport Seasonal
Konya Konya Airport Begins 2 July 2024 [8]
Samsun Samsun Airport Seasonal
Trabzon Trabzon Airport Seasonal
Zonguldak Zonguldak Airport Seasonal
United Kingdom Birmingham Birmingham Airport Seasonal
Bristol Bristol Airport Seasonal
Glasgow Glasgow Airport Seasonal
London Gatwick Airport Seasonal
Manchester Manchester Airport Seasonal
Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Airport Seasonal

Fleet[edit]

Corendon Airlines fleet Boeing 737-800

The Corendon Airlines current fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 22, 2022:[9][10]

Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800 wearing the Detur livery.
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-800 14 189
Boeing 737 MAX 8 5 4[11] 189
Total 19 4

Accidents and incidents[edit]

On 2 October 2010 a Boeing 737-400 of Corendon Airlines overran runway 22 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and ended up with its nose gear in the mud after a flight from Dalaman.[12]

On 14 October 2012 Corendon Airlines Flight 733, a Boeing 737-800 operating between Antalya and Trondheim suffered a hull loss after the plane caught fire during pushback from the gate. 27 passengers were injured during the evacuation. The cause was determined to be a short circuit in the captain's cockpit panel near an oxygen tank.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Corendon Airlines Starts Izmir Flights in 2019 Season". www.corendonairlines.com (Press release).
  2. ^ "Corporate". corendonairlines.com. 2019-03-24.
  3. ^ "Corendon Airlines". Corendon Airlines.
  4. ^ "Corendon adds Amsterdam - Curacao service from Nov 2023". AeroRoutes. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Corendon NS24 Antalya - Poland network additions". AeroRoutes. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Авиакомпания Corendon Airlines с конца мая запускает чартерные рейсы из Перми в Анталью". www.business-class.su (in Russian). Business Class. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Corendon Airlines to launch Ljubljana flights". exyuaviation.com. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  8. ^ "Corendon Dutch NS24 Rotterdam - Turkiye operations". AeroRoutes. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Corendon Airlines Fleet". corendonairlines.com.
  10. ^ "Please verify your request". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  11. ^ Bodell, Luke (2022-02-23). "Corendon Airlines To Lease 9 Boeing 737 MAXs From ALC". Simple Flying. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  12. ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Incident: Corendon B734 at Amsterdam on Oct 2nd 2010, overran runway on landing". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  13. ^ "A Boeing 737-8KN (WL) passenger plane, TC-TJK, sustained substantial fire damage to the cockpit at Antalya Airport (AYT), Turkey". aviation-safety.net.

External links[edit]

Media related to Corendon Airlines at Wikimedia Commons