Corendon Airlines (legally ''Turistik Hava Taşımacılık A.Ş.'') is a Turkish leisure airline headquartered in Antalya, Turkey. A subsidiary of the Corendon Tourism Group, it was founded in 2004 and began operations in 2005. The airline operates scheduled and charter flights to over 140 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, with hubs at Antalya Airport and İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport. As of May 2025, Corendon Airlines operates a fleet of 17 aircraft and has two European sister carriers: Corendon Dutch Airlines and Corendon Airlines Europe. It maintains partnerships with TUI Airways and Hahn Air.
History
Corendon Airlines was founded in 2004 with flight operations starting in April 2005. The Dutch sister company
Corendon Dutch Airlines was founded in 2011 and the Maltese sister company
Corendon Airlines Europe was founded in 2017.
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
Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...
in May 2024.
Destinations
As of May 2025, Corendon Airlines serves the following destinations shown here.
Airline partnerships
Corendon Airlines currently has a codeshare partnership with
TUI Airways
TUI Airways Limited (formerly Thomson Airways Limited) is the British arm of the TUI Airline group, which is owned and operated by the TUI Group. They offer scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom and Ireland to destinations in E ...
and also a Interline agreement with Hahn Air.
Fleet
The Corendon Airlines current fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2024:
Historic fleet
Corendon Airlines formerly also operated the following aircraft types:
Accidents and incidents
*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.
*On 14 October 2012 Corendon Airlines Flight 733, a
Boeing 737-800
The Boeing 737 Next Generation, commonly abbreviated as 737NG, or 737 Next Gen, is a twinjet, twin-engine narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Launched in 1993 as the third-generation derivative of the Boeing 737, it ha ...
operating between
Antalya
Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...
and
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...
suffered a
hull loss
A hull loss is an aviation accident that damages the aircraft beyond economic repair, resulting in a total loss. The term also applies to situations where the aircraft is missing, the search for its wreckage is terminated, or the wreckage is ...
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.
References
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2004 establishments in Turkey
Airlines of Turkey
Airlines established in 2004
Charter airlines