Corendon Airlines

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
IATAICAOCallsign
XCCAICORENDON
FoundedNovember 2004
Operating bases
Subsidiaries
Fleet size20
Destinations145
Parent companyCorendon Tourism Group
HeadquartersAntalya, Turkey
Key people

Yildiray Karaer (CEO)

Atilay Uslu (Chairman)
Websitewww.corendonairlines.com

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]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
AustriaGrazGraz AirportSeasonal
LinzLinz AirportSeasonal
SalzburgSalzburg AirportSeasonal
ViennaVienna International AirportSeasonal
BelgiumBrusselsBrussels Airport
CuraçaoWillemstadCuraçao International Airport[4]
CyprusLarnacaLarnaca International AirportSeasonal
EgyptHurghadaHurghada International Airport
Marsa AlamMarsa Alam International AirportSeasonal
FranceLyonLyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
ParisCharles de Gaulle AirportSeasonal
GermanyBerlinBerlin Brandenburg AirportSeasonal
BremenBremen AirportSeasonal
CologneCologne Bonn Airport
DresdenDresden AirportSeasonal
DüsseldorfDüsseldorf Airport
ErfurtErfurt AirportSeasonal
FrankfurtFrankfurt AirportSeasonal
FriedrichshafenFriedrichshafen AirportSeasonal
HamburgHamburg Airport
HanoverHannover Airport
Karlsruhe/Baden-BadenKarlsruhe/Baden-Baden AirportSeasonal
KasselKassel AirportSeasonal
LeipzigLeipzig AirportSeasonal
MunichMunich AirportSeasonal
MunsterMunster AirportSeasonal
NurembergNuremberg Airport
PaderbornPaderborn AirportSeasonal
RostockRostock Laage AirportSeasonal
SaarbruckenSaarbrucken AirportSeasonal
GreeceCorfuCorfu International AirportSeasonal
HeraklionHeraklion International AirportSeasonal
KosKos International AirportSeasonal
RhodesRhodes International AirportSeasonal
KazakhstanAstanaNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportSeasonal
MoroccoNadorNador International AirportSeasonal
NetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam Airport Schiphol
RotterdamRotterdam The Hague Airport
PolandBydgoszczBydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski AirportBegins 27 April 2024[5]
KatowiceKatowice Airport
SzczecinSolidarity Szczecin–Goleniów AirportBegins 29 May 2024[5]
WarsawWarsaw Chopin AirportSeasonal
RomaniaBucharestHenri Coandă International AirportSeasonal
RussiaPermBolshoye Savino AirportBegins 22 May 2024[6]
SloveniaLjubljanaLjubljana AirportSeasonal[7]
SpainFuerteventuraFuerteventura Airport
LanzaroteLanzarote Airport
Gran CanariaGran Canaria Airport
Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportSeasonal
TenerifeTenerife South Airport
Switzerland
France
Germany
Basel
Mulhouse
Freiburg
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse FreiburgSeasonal
SwitzerlandZürichZurich AirportSeasonal
TurkeyAdanaAdana AirportSeasonal
AlanyaGazipaşa-Alanya AirportSeasonal
AnkaraAnkara Esenboğa AirportSeasonal
AntalyaAntalya AirportHub
BodrumBodrum AirportSeasonal
DalamanDalaman AirportSeasonal
DiyarbakirDiyarbakir AirportSeasonal
EskişehirHasan Polatkan AirportSeasonal
GaziantepGaziantep AirportSeasonal
İzmirİzmir Adnan Menderes AirportHub
KayseriKayseri AirportSeasonal
KonyaKonya AirportBegins 2 July 2024[8]
SamsunSamsun AirportSeasonal
TrabzonTrabzon AirportTerminated
ZonguldakZonguldak AirportSeasonal
United KingdomBirminghamBirmingham AirportSeasonal
BristolBristol AirportSeasonal
GlasgowGlasgow AirportSeasonal
LondonGatwick AirportSeasonal
ManchesterManchester AirportSeasonal
Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle AirportSeasonal

Fleet edit

Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800

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

AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
Boeing 737-80026189
Boeing 737 MAX 869[11]189
Total329

Historic fleet edit

Corendon Airlines formerly also operated the following aircraft types:[12]

Former Corendon Airlines fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Airbus A320-2001820132022
Airbus A321-200120222022
Airbus A330-300120222022Leased from Airhub Airlines.
Boeing 737-300220052016
Boeing 737-400420092013

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.[13]
  • 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.[14]

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. ^ "Corendon Fleet Details and History". 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. ^ "Corendon Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  13. ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Incident: Corendon B734 at Amsterdam on Oct 2nd 2010, overran runway on landing". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  14. ^ "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

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