--- title: "Corendon Airlines Flight Delay and Cancellation Compensation" url: https://flightcompensations.com/airlines/corendon-airlines author: "Jaacov Sonenblick" published: 2026-09-09 updated: 2026-09-09 publisher: FlightCompensations summary: "Corendon flies under Turkish, Dutch and Maltese licences, and which one operated your flight decides whether EU261 reaches it in both directions." --- # Corendon Airlines flight delay and cancellation compensation Corendon flies under Turkish, Dutch and Maltese licences, and which one operated your flight decides whether EU261 reaches it in both directions. ## Corendon Airlines flight delay and cancellation: your rights Corendon is not one airline but a group flying under more than one operating licence — a Turkish one, a Dutch one and a Maltese one. Which entity actually operated your flight decides how far your rights reach, and the booking rarely makes it obvious. - **Corendon Dutch Airlines** and **Corendon Airlines Europe** hold EU licences, so EU261 covers their flights in **both** directions, including arrivals into the EU from Turkey or Egypt. - **Corendon Airlines**, the Turkish entity, is a non-EU carrier, so EU261 reaches only its **departures** from an EU or EEA airport. This is the most valuable thing to establish before you claim. The same route, on the same brand, in the same week, can be covered or not depending on which certificate the aircraft flew under. ## Finding out which one flew you The flight number prefix is the clue. Look at your booking confirmation and the boarding pass rather than the marketing name, and if the documents are ambiguous, ask the airline in writing which entity operated the sector. You are entitled to that answer, and it is the fact your claim turns on. ## What a Corendon claim is worth Where EU261 applies, the distance sets the amount: - **€250** for routes up to 1,500 km - **€400** for routes from 1,500 to 3,500 km, which covers most of the Turkey and Egypt holiday flying - **€600** beyond 3,500 km Charter and package passengers are covered exactly as scheduled passengers are. If your flight came as part of a package holiday, you may also have a claim against the organiser for the holiday itself — a separate entitlement that does not replace this one. ## Care, whatever the licence Whichever entity flew you, the duty of care during a long wait is owed once EU261 applies: food and drink in proportion to the delay, two calls or emails, and a hotel with transport if you are held overnight. It survives even when the cause is genuinely extraordinary and no compensation is due. ## How to claim Corendon flight delay compensation Start with the flight itself. Our [free flight check](/claim) reads the recorded departure and arrival times for your Corendon flight and tells you which band it falls in, in about two minutes. A Corendon compensation claim turns on the arrival time and on the reason the airline gives, so read both before you write. The [flight delay compensation guide](/flight-delay-compensation) sets out the bands, and the [cancellation compensation guide](/flight-cancellation-compensation) covers Corendon cancellation compensation for a flight that never operated. If the airline refuses, the [case law summary](/passenger-rights/case-law) sets out what the courts have accepted as an excuse and what they have thrown out. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which Corendon entity operated my flight? Check the flight number and the operating carrier on your booking confirmation rather than the brand name. The Dutch and Maltese entities hold EU licences and the Turkish one does not, which decides whether a flight into the EU is covered. Ask the airline in writing if the paperwork is unclear. ### Is a Corendon charter flight covered? Yes. EU261 makes no distinction between charter and scheduled flying, so a holiday charter departing an EU airport carries the same €250 to €600 per passenger. If the flight was sold inside a package you may have a separate claim against the organiser as well. ### My flight left Antalya for the Netherlands. Am I covered? It depends which entity flew it. On Corendon Dutch Airlines or Corendon Airlines Europe, both EU-licensed, yes — EU261 covers arrivals into the EU on an EU carrier. On the Turkish entity, no, because the flight left a non-EU airport on a non-EU carrier. ## Sources - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32004R0261 - https://www.caa.co.uk/passengers/resolving-travel-problems/delays-and-cancellations/ - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-402/07 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-549/07 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-195/17 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-452/13 Read the full page with the claim check at https://flightcompensations.com/airlines/corendon-airlines