ROUTES / FLEET - Air Sierra Leone eyes London Gatwick relaunch with Corendon-leased Boeing 737-9

Air Sierra Leone is in advanced negotiations with Corendon Dutch Airlines to charter Boeing 737-9 aircraft, aiming to resume the Freedom of the West service between Freetown and London Gatwick, with a stopover in Banjul. The relaunch is scheduled for the end of October 2026.

SPECIAL SCHEME - COREDON AIRLINES/ B737-800W / 9H-CXG - "Hull City" Livery

 Paul Bannwarth

SPECIAL SCHEME - CORENDON / B737-8K5(Scw) / 9H-CXG - HULL CITY 'The TIGER'S

Paul Bannwarth
 

SPECIAL SCHEME - Corendon celebrates 25th birthday

This year, Corendon is celebrating its 25th birthday. To commemorate this special moment, the company has applied a special tattoo-livery on its Boeing B737-9 PH-CDQ (66347). The livery was designed by famous Dutch tattoo-artist Henk Schiffmacher.

It was unveiled during a special ceremony at Schiphol on 9 April 2025 and entered commercial service the same day on a flight to Antalya.

The Corendon Airlines Group consists of three airlines; Corendon Airlines based in Turkey (flying with nine B737-800s and six B737-8s), Corendon Airlines Europe based in Malta (flying with thirteen B737-800s), and Corendon Dutch Airlines (flying with four B737-9s and one wet-leased Airbus A350-900).

Photos: Corendon Dutch Airlines.

 

FLEET - Corendon welcomes 1st B737-9

A happy moment for Corendon, as it took delivery of its first Boeing B737-9 on 30 September 2023. The aircraft, PH-CDP (c/n currently unknown), arrived on this date at Amsterdam-Schiphol after a ferry flight from Seattle-Boeing Field (WA). During the ferry-flight, it conducted a fuel-stop at Glasgow.

The MAX9 is the first of three on order, and will replace the current fleet of three B737-800s in use by Corendon Dutch Airlines.

Corendon Dutch Airlines is part of the Corendon Group, which also consists of Corendon Airlines (Turkey) and Corendon Airlines Europe (Malta

Scramble

 

Corendon (Songfestival stkr) / B737-800W / TC-C0H

Ton Jochems
 

COREDON AIRLINES - B737-800W - OM-GTG

Paul Bannwarth

CORENDON AIRLINES - B737 MAX 8 - N1728B

Brian Worthington

COREDON AIRLINES - A320-200 - ZS-GAW

Paul Bannwarth - BSL

COREDON - B737 MAX 8 - TC-MKS

Ton Jochems - AMS

COREDON AIRLINES - B737-800 Split Scimitar Winglets - TC-TJS

Ton Jochems - AMS

COREDON AIRLINES - B737-800W - TC-TJJ

PedroMB/FPP - Lisboa

Corendon Airlines to lease four aircraft this Summer

Corendon Airlines has leased four additional aircraft for use on its upcoming Summer high season. Turkish aviation resource, trfleetnews, lists three of the jets as B737-800 WIN.s
TC-TJO (msn 34253), and TC-TJP (msn 33022), and an A320-200, YL-LCL (cn 533) leased from SmartLynx Airlines.
All three aircraft will be based out of Antalya.

Another B737-800, CS-TQU (msn 30464) , will be based out of Amsterdam for use by subsidiary Corendon Dutch Airlines

The Turkish carrier also operates a B737-300.
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COREDON AIRLINES - B737-500 - TC-TJB

Ton Jochems - AYT

COREDON AIRLINES - B737-300 - TC-TJB

Ton Jochems - AMS

COREDON AIRLINES - B737-800, TC-TJL ex LUXAIR, ex XL GERMANY

Ton Jochems - AMS

CORENDON - B737-800W, TC-SKR

Ton Jochems - AYT

COREDON AIRLINES, B737-800, TC-TJJ, "Detur"

Ton Jochemens - Amsterdam