Find cheap Corendon Airlines flights

Part of the Corendon Tourism Group, low-cost carrier Corendon Airlines is headquartered and based in Antalya Airport, Turkey. Since its launch in 2005, it has been joined by subsidiaries Corendon Dutch Airlines and Corendon Airlines Europe, based out of the Netherlands and Malta respectively. It also operates several other subsidiaries covering things like package holidays and golf tours.

Depending on your departure and destination airports, you may find yourself on planes from any one of these sister companies, though there’s little to no difference between them. For simplicity, my review, including the statistics, covers the low-cost Corendon fleet rather than its minimal transatlantic offering from Corendon Dutch.

Fleet and network

Across its flee, Corendon flies direct routes to 165 destinations across 65 countries. In 2023, it carried around six million passengers domestically and internationally. The vast majority of destinations are in Europe with Germany its most connected country thanks to multiple Corendon Europe bases at German airports.

Its network extends beyond European borders into North Africa and, thanks to its Dutch arm, Curaçao and Bonaire in the Caribbean. Many of these destinations are seasonal, as Corendon adjusts schedules to meet the demands of its primary market – cold European holidaymakers heading south in search of sun. With 2025 marking its 20th anniversary, the airline has also announced plans to add many more short and mid-haul routes.

The majority of its fleet are Boeing 737-800 and 737-800 MAX models, of which it operates 38 aeroplanes. Thirty of those belong to Corendon Airlines, 15 to Corendon Europe and three to Corendon Dutch. These short to medium-haul narrowbody planes are a common default choice for Europe’s budget carrier airlines – British flyers will be familiar with them thanks to Jet2 and Ryanair, which operate hundreds of this model.

The majority of Corendon’s Boeing fleet are in the later years of service. Indeed, its planes are entirely leased from other carriers (like low-cost Turkish rival Pegasus Airlines) after they’ve updated their own fleets with more modern models. The one exception to this is the much newer (but also leased) Airbus A350-900, which it uses for its transatlantic flights from the Netherlands to the Caribbean.

Booking and fares

It’s economy class every step of the way when booking and flying with Corendon. This is a zero-frills, bare-bones affair and it shows, both in the booking process and the flying experience. While the app and website experiences are acceptable, I’ve found both to be buggy on occasion and some instructions confusing and hard to follow.

When it comes to fare classes, Corendon keeps things simple at first glance but dig a little deeper and there are a bewildering array of limited time deals and packages also sporadically on offer. The primary three are exactly what you’d expect – Eco (meaning economical rather than ecological!), Flex and Premium.

Yet you may from time to time also see EcoPlus+ and FlexPlus+ tickets pop up on some routes at certain times. To add to this is the Promo fare, which only appears online ‘for a limited time’ during campaigns – although I’ve never seen it offered on a booking I’ve made, be it one week or six months before I intend to fly.

Promo

I’m starting with the mystery Promo fare simply because it is by far the most basic Corendon offers (if indeed it gets offered at all). It includes the standard small bag that must fit under the seat in front and be no more than 40 cm x 30 cm x 15 cm. Like the other major Turkish budget carrier Pegasus, Corendon also applies a 3 kg weight limit to this bag.

Otherwise, the only other thing included is online check-in. This, however, can be tricky with Corendon, as they don’t offer online check-in at all of their operating airports, so be sure to check before you fly. The fees for not checking in online, when available, are astronomical.

Eco

The standard budget fare that’s always available, Eco is a little more advanced than Promo, as it adds an 8 kg, 55 cm x 40 cm x 25 cm carry-on bag to the mix. Extraordinarily (and the only time I’ve ever seen this with any airline), the Eco fare doesn’t include the default small underseat bag. So the large carry-on is actually a substitute rather than an add-on.

If when booking you see an option for an EcoPlus+ fare, it means you can book with an added 20 kg checked bag. As is the way with budget airlines, you can cherry pick dedicated extras to add to your booking including seat selection, in-flight food (route dependent) and priority boarding. If you want to add checked bags, there are four priced options for bags weighing between 15 kg and 32 kg.

Typically with budget carriers, I prefer to order the most basic fare possible and then add the extras I want. But Corendon’s crazy prices for adding checked bags in particular mean that if you are taking serious luggage, it’s almost always cheaper to just book the next fare package up.

If you’re unsure about your plans, Corendon offers a ‘Ticket Safe’ service that lets you change (but not cancel) your ticket, but only up to 21 days before you fly and for a cost of course. With such a long lead time, this has always struck me as a largely pointless exercise – a lot can change within 21 days!

Flex

Flex is the midrange option and the best balance of budget to service. It includes both a personal bag and carry-on, a 23 kg checked bag, standard seat selection and the option to change your booking for a price. As you’ll be checking in bags at the airport, you can also check in free then as well.

Premium

Amusingly overbilled as ‘for ultimate travels’, Premium is the top-end fare. It includes two checked bags, although this time the weight limit is 20 kg for each rather than the 23 kg limit for the single checked bag on a Flex fare. You can also choose from extra legroom emergency seats, although not front row seats. Priority check-in and boarding and a hot meal or snack (depending on what’s available) are also part of the Premium deal.

Lastly, Premium fares come with what Corendon calls a ‘flexible’ flight change and refund policy. It allows you to change your flight without charge up to 48 hours before you fly, although you’ll have to pay any difference in fare price. You can also cancel without added fees up to 48 hours before your departure time, although the service fee and fuel surcharge you originally paid aren’t refundable.

Onboard – seats, food and facilities

Corendon has its planes set up in a typical economy class three-three configuration and things are much as you would expect onboard. One quirk of this configuration on Boeing’s 737 is row 11, which offers no window for seat 11A thanks to the aircon system in the fuselage (just like Ryanair). If you want a view, choose another ‘window’ seat. Otherwise, the colour scheme is easy on the eye blue and white and the cabins are in my experience clean and in reasonable condition.

Seats are finished in faux leather but are otherwise the standard low-cost affair. There are no power sockets, USB points or Wi-Fi. Pitch (legroom) is more generous than some of the more modern planes at 30 inches, with seats 18 inches wide. Perfectly fine for a couple of hours, but for longer trips I recommend upgrading to an emergency seat.

One feature you don’t see much on more modern setups is Corendon’s choice to install reclining seats. These are usually a point of contention on any flight, but when you only have 30 inches of legroom in the first place, I think they’re downright rude. Another reason to upgrade to emergency seats, then. If you do want to recline, don’t choose row 15 in front of the emergency seats, as these don’t move.

The Corendon Fly Café is your basic aisle trolley loaded with snacks and drinks, should you get peckish on board. There are no pork products sold, but alcohol is available to buy. On some bookings, you can order hot meals in advance, but these are restricted by route and availability and are expensive.

Flying transatlantic

If you’re flying Corendon’s route from Amsterdam to either Curaçao or Bonaire, municipality islands of the Netherlands, you’ll fly aboard an Airbus A350-900. As such you can expect a far more sophisticated in-flight experience with full meal service, in-flight entertainment, more room and the standard amenities and facilities of any long-haul flight.

Most intriguing is the ‘Adult Only Zone’ for passengers over 16. Designed as a safe haven from crying kids and complete with extra large seats, it’s as close as you’ll find to business class on a Corendon flight.