Corendon Airlines has announced that it has started direct flights from Warsaw to Heraklion, one of the most popular regions of Crete. Within the scope of the ITTF Warsaw Tourism Fair held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw between 20–22 November, Corendon Airlines shared a significant expansion in its flight network for the 2026 summer season. This route is a strategic step complementing Corendon Airlines’ Katowice–Heraklion connection.
Planned to meet the increasing interest of Polish passengers in Mediterranean holiday destinations, Heraklion, the capital of Crete, stands out as one of Europe’s most preferred holiday centres with its wide beaches, historical riches, and strong accommodation infrastructure.
Corendon Airlines executives emphasised that Warsaw is a strategically important market for the company and stated that the new route is an important part of their stable growth strategy in Poland. The airline noted that it will continue to maintain and improve its existing popular holiday routes and that demand is increasing each year.
Halina Strzyżewska, Corendon Airlines Poland Sales Manager, made the following assessment about the new route: “We are very pleased to announce our direct flights to Heraklion. This route strongly complements our flight network to Greece. At the same time, it offers an excellent option for passengers wishing to make use of the May holiday. Poland continues to be a strategic market for us. As of 2027, we plan to establish an operational base in the country; this will further strengthen Corendon Airlines’ presence in Poland.”
With the start of the new flights, competition is expected to increase on tourist routes between Poland and Greece. The flights will be suitable both for package tours organised by tour operators and for passengers planning individual holidays. The Warsaw–Heraklion–Warsaw route will operate between 25 April and 31 October 2026.
About Corendon Airlines
Established in the Netherlands in 2004 as a tour operator, Corendon has grown over time by adding its airline, incoming services, and its hotels in Europe, Turkey, and the Caribbean to its structure, transforming into a tourism group.
Corendon Travel, one of the leading tour operators in the Netherlands and Belgium, also continues its operations in the Danish market. Corendon, which has become synonymous particularly with the Turkey destination in these markets, is among the pioneering tour operators offering numerous different products and destinations to its guests.
Since the first day it entered the aviation sector with the slogan “Make a Difference”, Corendon Airlines has achieved many exemplary practices and firsts. Together with Corendon Dutch Airlines, registered in the Netherlands in 2011, and Corendon Airlines Europe, established in 2017, the group operates flights from many European countries — primarily Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and the United Kingdom — to popular holiday destinations within Europe and in Turkey. As of 2025, it has become an international airline flying to 165 destinations in 65 countries.
Within the Tourism Group, under the Corendon Hotels & Resorts brand, the company provides services with 2 hotels in Antalya (in the Kemer and Lara regions), 5 hotels in Amsterdam, and 4 hotels on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.
