European airline launches from Birmingham

A European leisure carrier has started flying from Birmingham Airport.

Corendon?Airlines and its fleet of 1New89-seat B737-800 aircraft are now operating flights to Turkey - twice a week?to?Dalaman?and three times a week?to Antalya.??

The inaugural flight?to?Antalya?took off with a full plane of customers seeking some Turkish sun. ?

Corendon already plans to extend its Antalya service into winter 2022-23.

Paul Riches, commercial representative of?Corendon?Airlines, said:? “We are very excited to launch our service from Birmingham Airport.

“We plan to increase our Birmingham flights to many other popular holiday destinations in the following seasons.

“We aim to provide holidaymakers direct and comfortable flights to sunny destinations and we are confident our Birmingham flights will be successful in summer 2022 and beyond. ”

Tom Screen,?aviation?director for Birmingham Airport, said:? “We are thrilled to welcome?Corendon Airlines to Birmingham and are pleased initial sales numbers are strong.

“This bodes well as the aviation sector gets back on its feet and the British public take to the skies once again after a two-year Covid-19?layoff.?

“We look forward to developing the partnership with?Corendon?Airlines further in the coming years. ”