Corendon Airlines
Corendon Airlines (incorporated as Turistik Hava Taşımacılık A.Ş.) is a Turkish leisure airline headquartered in Antalya and based at Antalya Airport.
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| Founded | November 2004 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 19 | ||||||
| Destinations | 145 | ||||||
| Parent company | Corendon Tourism Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Antalya, Turkey | ||||||
| Key people | Yildiray Karaer (CEO) Atilay Uslu (Chairman) | ||||||
| Website | corendonairlines.com | ||||||
Corendon Airlines is a part of Corendon Tourism Group.
History
Corendon Airlines, founded in 2004 with flight operations starting in April 2005, is an international airline transporting approximately 6 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
as of April 2023, Corendon Airlines serves the following destinations shown here.[3]
Fleet
The Corendon Airlines current fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 22, 2022:[4][5]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 14 | — | 189 | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 5 | 4[6] | 189 | |
| Total | 19 | 4 | ||
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.[7]
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.[8]
References
- "Corendon Airlines Starts Izmir Flights in 2019 Season". www.corendonairlines.com (Press release).
- "Corporate". corendonairlines.com. 2019-03-24.
- "Corendon Airlines". Corendon Airlines.
- "Corendon Airlines Fleet". corendonairlines.com.
- "Please verify your request". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- Bodell, Luke (2022-02-23). "Corendon Airlines To Lease 9 Boeing 737 MAXs From ALC". Simple Flying. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- Hradecky, Simon. "Incident: Corendon B734 at Amsterdam on Oct 2nd 2010, overran runway on landing". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- "A Boeing 737-8KN (WL) passenger plane, TC-TJK, sustained substantial fire damage to the cockpit at Antalya Airport (AYT), Turkey".
