Corendon Airlines

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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
IATA ICAO Call sign
XC CAI CORENDON
FoundedNovember 2004
Operating bases
Subsidiaries
Fleet size17 ( 9 Orders)
Destinations145
Parent companyCorendon Tourism Group
HeadquartersAntalya, Turkey
Key people

Yildiray Karaer (CEO)

Atilay Uslu (Chairman)
Revenue$535.78 million (2023)
Employees1,283 (2023)
Websitewww.corendonairlines.com

Corendon Airlines is a part of Corendon Tourism Group.

History

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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]

Despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Corendon Airlines continues to operate in Russia and as of 2024 still flying to Russia. The airline announced the launch of charter flights from Perm to Antalya in May 2024.[3]

Destinations

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As of April 2023, Corendon Airlines serves the following destinations shown here.[4]

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 [5]
Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport Seasonal
Czech Republic České Budějovice České Budějovice Airport Begins 22 December 2024 [6]
Egypt Hurghada Hurghada International Airport
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam International Airport Seasonal
Finland Rovaniemi Rovaniemi Airport Begins 31 January 2025
Operated by XR
[7]
France Lyon Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Seasonal
Germany Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport Seasonal [8]
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 [9][better source needed]
Leipzig Leipzig Airport Seasonal [8]
Munich Munich Airport Seasonal
Munster Munster Airport Seasonal
Nuremberg Nuremberg Airport
Paderborn Paderborn Airport Seasonal
Rostock Rostock Laage Airport Seasonal
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Airport Seasonal
Greece Corfu Corfu International Airport Seasonal
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Seasonal [10]
Kos Kos International Airport Seasonal
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal
Israel Tel Aviv David Ben Gurion International Airport Begins 31 January 2025
Operated by XR
[7]
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 [11]
Katowice Katowice Airport
Szczecin Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport [11]
Warsaw Warsaw Chopin Airport Seasonal
Romania Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Seasonal
Cluj-Napoca Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport Begins 23 December 2024 [6]
Russia Perm Bolshoye Savino Airport Seasonal [12]
Slovakia Bratislava M. R. Štefánik Airport Begins 20 December 2024 [6]
Slovenia Ljubljana Ljubljana Airport Seasonal [13]
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 Zurich Zurich Airport Seasonal
Turkey Adana Adana Airport Seasonal
Alanya Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport Seasonal [8]
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
Istanbul Istanbul Airport Future
İzmir İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport Hub
Kayseri Kayseri Airport Seasonal
Konya Konya Airport [14]
Samsun Samsun Airport Seasonal
Trabzon Trabzon Airport Terminated
Zonguldak Zonguldak Airport Seasonal
United Kingdom Birmingham Birmingham Airport Seasonal
Bristol Bristol Airport Seasonal
Glasgow Glasgow Airport Seasonal
London Gatwick Airport Seasonal
Stansted Airport Seasonal
Manchester Manchester Airport Seasonal [10]
Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Airport Seasonal

Fleet

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Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800

The Corendon Airlines current fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2024:[15]

Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 2
Boeing 737-800 9 189
Boeing 737 MAX 8 6 9 189
Total 17 9

Historic fleet

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

Former Corendon Airlines fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A320-200 17 2013 2022
Airbus A321-200 1 2022 2022
Airbus A330-300 1 2022 2022 Leased from Airhub Airlines.
Boeing 737-300 2 2005 2016
Boeing 737-400 4 2009 2013
Boeing 737-800 15 2010
Boeing 737 MAX 8 1 2024 2024

Accidents and incidents

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  • 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.[16]
  • 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.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Corendon Airlines Starts Izmir Flights in 2019 Season". www.corendonairlines.com (Press release).
  2. ^ "Corporate". corendonairlines.com. 2019-03-24.
  3. ^ "Авиакомпания Corendon Airlines с конца мая запускает чартерные рейсы из Перми в Анталью". www.business-class.su (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  4. ^ "Corendon Airlines". Corendon Airlines.
  5. ^ "Corendon adds Amsterdam - Curacao service from Nov 2023". AeroRoutes. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Liu, Jim (9 December 2024). "Corendon NW24 Eastern Europe – Hurghada Charter Network Additions". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b Liu, Jim (19 November 2024). "Corendon Airlines 1Q25 Tel Aviv – Rovaniemi Charters". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Corendon Airlines Adds Gazipasa – Germany Routes in Oct 2024".
  9. ^ https://aviation.direct/en/Corendon-also-leaves-Kassel-Calden
  10. ^ a b "UK NS24 Network Additions – 14APR24". AeroRoutes.
  11. ^ a b "Corendon NS24 Antalya - Poland network additions". AeroRoutes. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Corendon Airlines to launch Ljubljana flights". exyuaviation.com. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  14. ^ "Corendon Dutch NS24 Rotterdam - Turkiye operations". AeroRoutes. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Corendon Airlines Fleet". corendonairlines.com.
  16. ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Incident: Corendon B734 at Amsterdam on Oct 2nd 2010, overran runway on landing". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  17. ^ "A Boeing 737-8KN (WL) passenger plane, TC-TJK, sustained substantial fire damage to the cockpit at Antalya Airport (AYT), Turkey". aviation-safety.net.
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