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SunExpress
Founded	October 1989; 35 years ago
Commenced operations	1990; 35 years ago
Operating bases	Antalya; İzmir; Ankara;
Frequent-flyer program	your benefits
Fleet size	68
Destinations	92
Parent company	Turkish Airlines (50%); Lufthansa Group (50%);
Headquarters	Antalya, Turkey
Key people	Max Kownatzki (CEO)
Revenue	1.8 billion EUR (2023)
Employees	5,000
Website	www.sunexpress.com

SunExpress is a Turkish-German airline based in Antalya.^[2] SunExpress was founded in October 1989 as a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. It operates scheduled and chartered passenger flights to 90 destinations in 30 countries in Europe as well as North Africa, the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Red Sea.^[3] The airline concentrates on international tourism, domestic Turkish flights to cities in Anatolia, and wet leasing. The total number of SunExpress employees is 5,000.^{[citation needed]}

History

Foundation and early years

SunExpress was founded in Antalya in October 1989 as a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. Its first flight was in 1990.

SunExpress became the first private airline company to offer international scheduled flights from Turkey with its first Antalya-Frankfurt flight in 2001. SunExpress opened its second base in İzmir and started to operate domestic flights in 2006. With this launch, SunExpress became the first airline company to connect İzmir with Anatolian cities with direct flights in Turkey.

Development since 2010

In May 2010, SunExpress took delivery of the first of six newly purchased Boeing 737-800s and launched its new corporate identity including its new logo, aircraft livery, new corporate colours, uniforms and visual identity elements.

SunExpress Deutschland was founded in 2011. The company started business operations in June 2011. Besides the Turkish destinations on the South Coast, on the Aegean, on the Black Sea and in the East of the country, it also serves – with German registration – destinations along the Mediterranean, Black Sea, North Africa and Red Sea.

SunExpress decided to invest in its building and SunExpress Plaza was built in June 2012. The new company building is environmental friendly, and is located in a natural setting. The architectural theme of the building is transparency and naturalness; therefore each room has been designed so that it has access to natural light and fresh air. The sun is a source for clean energy inside the building. The solar panels on the roof generate enough electricity to supply power to all the computers. On the exterior of the building, “smart” glass panels have been used to allow sun rays to shine inside the building while blocking out unwanted heat to help reduce cooling costs. Orange, bergamot, and lemon trees have been planted in both the interior and exterior gardens.

The building consists of one basement and four floors, which house 250 SunExpress employees in 87 offices. There are several special category spaces incorporating meeting, briefing, training, storage, and various special operation rooms. The building also hosts a common archive room, a stationary flight simulator room and a general purpose auditorium.^{[citation needed]}

On 23 June 2020, it has been announced that SunExpress' German subsidiary SunExpress Deutschland would cease operations and be liquidated.^[4] Its route network would be partially taken over by SunExpress and Eurowings.^[5]

On 30 October 2023, Sun Express Airlines successfully completed its inaugural flight to Ercan Airport (Northern Cyprus) with 118 passengers. This special flight coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey, marking a significant historical moment. SunExpress will operate flights to Ercan Airport on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, making four round trips per week. This new route is highlighted as a crucial step both for travelers wishing to travel from İzmir to Cyprus and for Ercan Airport to serve a broader audience.^[6] In 2024, SunExpress and the Bulgarian airline Electra Airways announced a new flight program for flights to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, covering the summer tourist season with flights from 7 German airports to Varna and Burgas. The new project will operate through joint operations, with SunExpress participating through sales and flight program planning, while Electra Airways will provide aircraft and crew.

Destinations

As of June 2024^[update], SunExpress flies to the following destinations:^[7]


Country	City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Albania	Tirana	Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza	Seasonal	^[8]
Austria	Graz	Graz Airport		^[8]
Austria	Vienna	Vienna Airport
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Sarajevo International Airport
Belgium	Brussels	Brussels Airport
Bulgaria	Sofia	Sofia Airport	Seasonal	^[9]
Czech Republic	Prague	Václav Havel Airport Prague		^[8]
Cyprus (North)	Nicosia	Ercan International Airport		^[6]
Denmark	Aalborg	Aalborg Airport	Seasonal
	Billund	Billund Airport	Seasonal
	Copenhagen	Copenhagen Airport	Seasonal
Egypt	Sharm El Sheikh	Sharm El Sheikh International Airport		^[10]
Estonia	Tallinn	Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport	Seasonal
Finland	Helsinki	Helsinki Airport	Seasonal	^[8]
France	Lyon	Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport	Seasonal
	Marseille	Marseille Provence Airport	Seasonal
	Paris	Charles de Gaulle Airport
Germany	Berlin	Berlin Brandenburg Airport		^[8]
	Bremen	Bremen Airport
	Cologne/Bonn	Cologne Bonn Airport		^[8]
	Dortmund	Dortmund Airport
	Dresden	Dresden Airport	Seasonal	^[11]
	Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf Airport		^[8]
	Erfurt/Weimar	Erfurt–Weimar Airport	Seasonal	^[11]^[12]
	Frankfurt	Frankfurt Airport
	Friedrichshafen	Friedrichshafen Airport	Terminated	^[13]^[11]
	Hamburg	Hamburg Airport
	Hanover	Hannover Airport
	Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden	Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport	Terminated	^[11]
	Leipzig/Halle	Leipzig/Halle Airport
	Memmingen	Memmingen Airport	Terminated	^[14]^[11]
	Munich	Munich Airport		^[8]
	Münster/Osnabrück	Münster Osnabrück Airport
	Nuremberg	Nuremberg Airport
	Paderborn/Lippstadt	Paderborn Lippstadt Airport		^[15]
	Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken Airport
	Stuttgart	Stuttgart Airport		^[8]
	Weeze	Weeze Airport	Terminated	^[16]
Hungary	Budapest	Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport	Seasonal
Iraq	Erbil	Erbil International Airport	Seasonal	^[17]
Ireland	Dublin	Dublin Airport		^[18]
Israel	Tel Aviv	Ben Gurion Airport	Seasonal	^[9]
Italy	Milan	Milan Malpensa Airport		^[8]
Italy	Rome	Rome Fiumicino Airport	Seasonal	^[8]
Kosovo	Pristina	Pristina International Airport	Seasonal	^[8]
Lebanon	Beirut	Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport	Seasonal	^[9]
Moldova	Chișinău	Chișinău International Airport	Terminated	^[17]
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
	Eindhoven	Eindhoven Airport	Seasonal
	Rotterdam	Rotterdam The Hague Airport	Seasonal	^[19]
North Macedonia	Skopje	Skopje International Airport
Norway	Oslo	Oslo Gardermoen Airport	Seasonal
Poland	Katowice	Katowice Airport
Poland	Warsaw	Warsaw Chopin Airport	Seasonal	^[8]
Romania	Bucharest	Henri Coandă International Airport		^[20]
Russia	Saint Petersburg	Pulkovo Airport	Terminated	^[21]
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Ljubljana Airport	Terminated	^[9]
Spain	Madrid	Madrid–Barajas Airport	Seasonal	^[8]
Sweden	Gothenburg	Göteborg Landvetter Airport	Terminated
Sweden	Stockholm	Stockholm Arlanda Airport	Seasonal
Switzerland France Germany	Basel Mulhouse Freiburg	EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg
Switzerland	Geneva	Geneva Airport	Seasonal	^[17]
Switzerland	Zürich	Zurich Airport
Turkey	Adana	Adana Şakirpaşa Airport	Terminated	^[22]
	Adana/Mersin	Çukurova International Airport		^[23]
	Ankara	Ankara Esenboğa Airport
	Antalya	Antalya Airport	Hub	^[23]
	Bodrum	Milas–Bodrum Airport	Seasonal
	Bursa	Yenişehir Airport		^[23]
	Dalaman	Dalaman Airport	Seasonal	^[24]
	Diyarbakır	Diyarbakır Airport		^[8]
	Elazığ	Elazığ Airport		^[22]
	Eskişehir	Hasan Polatkan Airport
	Erzurum	Erzurum Airport		^[22]
	Gaziantep	Gaziantep Oğuzeli Airport		^[8]
	Hatay	Hatay Airport	Terminated	^[8]
	İzmir	İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport	Hub	^[22]
	Kars	Kars Harakani Airport
	Kayseri	Erkilet International Airport
	Konya	Konya Airport
	Kütahya	Zafer Airport	Seasonal
	Malatya	Malatya Erhaç Airport		^[8]
	Samsun	Samsun-Çarşamba Airport		^[8]^[23]
	Sanliurfa	Şanlıurfa GAP Airport		^[23]
	Sivas	Sivas Airport		^[23]
	Trabzon	Trabzon Airport		^[22]
	Van	Van Ferit Melen Airport		^[23]
	Zonguldak	Zonguldak Airport	Seasonal	^[17]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Boryspil International Airport	Terminated	^[9]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi International Airport		^[25]
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Dubai International Airport
United Kingdom	Birmingham	Birmingham Airport
	Bristol	Bristol Airport
	Edinburgh	Edinburgh Airport		^[8]
	Glasgow	Glasgow Airport	Begins 4 April 2025	^[26]
	Leeds/Bradford	Leeds Bradford Airport	Seasonal	^[27]
	Liverpool	Liverpool John Lennon Airport	Begins 6 April 2025	^[26]
	London	Gatwick Airport		^[17]
		Luton Airport		^[28]
		London Stansted Airport		^[8]
	Manchester	Manchester Airport		^[17]
	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle International Airport
Uzbekistan	Samarqand	Samarkand International Airport		^[29]

Codeshare agreements

Interline agreements

Fleet

Current fleet

As of November 2024, the SunExpress fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[33]

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A320-200	3	—	180	Leased from Avion Express.
Boeing 737-800	55	—	189
Boeing 737 MAX 8	17	52	189	Option for 45 additional aircraft.^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]
Boeing 737 MAX 10	—	17	TBA	Option for 45 additional aircraft.^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]
Total	75	69

Historic fleet

SunExpress had also operated the following aircraft types in the past:^{[citation needed]}

Former SunExpress fleet
Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired
Boeing 737-300	4	1990	2002
Boeing 737-400	3	1993	2004
Boeing 737-700	12	2000	2015
Boeing 757-200	4	2005	2011

References

^ "SunExpress on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^ "Imprint." SunExpress. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ "Company Profile".
^ "aviation24.be". Aviation24.be. 2020-06-23.
^ aerotelegraph.com (German) 23 June 2020
^ ^a ^b "Sun Express Begins Flights to Ercan Airport! | Caria Holidays".
^ "Flight Connections Winter 2019/2020". SunExpress. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23". aeroroutes.com. 24 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Liu, Jim. "SunExpress S21 network additions as of 11OCT20". Routesonline. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ "SunExpress Adds Antalya – Sharm el Sheikh Service From Sep 2023". AeroRoutes. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ""Hätte gerne noch mehr Kapazität draufgelegt"". 16 February 2018.
^ "SunExpress Adds Antalya – Erfurt from late-Sep 2024".
^ "Sunexpress verbindet Friedrichshafen und Antalya".
^ "Allgäu Airport startet mit SunExpress neue Strecke nach Antalya". Archived from the original on 2022-07-01.
^ "Mit SunExpress nach Antalya". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23.
^ "Niederländische Steuererhöhung beflügelt Flughafen Weeze". 14 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "SunExpress Announces 2021 Summer Program". ftnnews.com. 23 February 2021.
^ "SunExpress's Izmir Dublin Flights Restart". Railly News. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Offers - SunExpress".
^ "SunExpress va relua zborurile regulate dintre București și Antalya în 2024". 21 September 2023.
^ "SunExpress plans new routes in S18". routesonline.com. 16 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240424-xqnw24tr
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g https://www.airporthaber2.com/havacilik-haberleri/sunexpressten-kis-sezonunda-ic-hatlarda-11-yeni-rota.html
^ https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240415-ukns24
^ "SUNEXPRESS ADDS ABU DHABI SERVICE FROM SEP 2023". Aeroroutes. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "SunExpress - Book cheap flights & fly to top destinations .com". www.sunexpress.com. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
^ "Leeds Bradford gains new SunExpress route".
^ "Route network - SunExpress". Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ "SunExpress Schedules Samarqand mid-Nov 2023 Launch". AeroRoutes. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
^ "Austrian / SunExpress Begins Codeshare Partnership in NW24".
^ ^a ^b https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/sunexpress-seeks-airline-partnerships-cee-expansion
^ https://havahaber.com/sunexpress-ve-eurowings-turkiye-ve-avrupa-arasindaki-ucus-seceneklerini-artirmak-icin-is-birliklerini-derinlestiriyor/
^ "Fleet". sunexpress.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ Perry, Dominic. "DUBAI: SunExpress tops up Max orders with 10-unit deal". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ "SunExpress places order for 50 Boeing aircraft". reuters.com. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ "Boeing Inks New Deal With SunExpress Worth Billions". fool.com. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^ "SunExpress to Buy up to 90 Boeing 737 MAX Jets to Fuel Robust Growth". Boeing Media Room. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

External links

Media related to SunExpress at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in English)

[1] "SunExpress on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-12-04.

[2] "Imprint." SunExpress. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

[3] "Company Profile".

[4] "aviation24.be". Aviation24.be. 2020-06-23.

[aerotelegraph.com-5] rotelegraph.com (German) 23 June 2020

[cariaholidays.co.uk-6] "Sun Express Begins Flights to Ercan Airport! | Caria Holidays".

[7] "Flight Connections Winter 2019/2020". SunExpress. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

[NS24-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 24SEP23". aeroroutes.com. 24 September 2023.

[SunExpressS21-9] Liu, Jim. "SunExpress S21 network additions as of 11OCT20". Routesonline. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[10] "SunExpress Adds Antalya – Sharm el Sheikh Service From Sep 2023". AeroRoutes. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[Terminated-11] ""Hätte gerne noch mehr Kapazität draufgelegt"". 16 February 2018.

[12] "SunExpress Adds Antalya – Erfurt from late-Sep 2024".

[13] "Sunexpress verbindet Friedrichshafen und Antalya".

[14] "Allgäu Airport startet mit SunExpress neue Strecke nach Antalya". Archived from the original on 2022-07-01.

[15] "Mit SunExpress nach Antalya". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23.

[16] "Niederländische Steuererhöhung beflügelt Flughafen Weeze". 14 December 2022.

[SES21-17] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "SunExpress Announces 2021 Summer Program". ftnnews.com. 23 February 2021.

[18] "SunExpress's Izmir Dublin Flights Restart". Railly News. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[19] "Offers - SunExpress".

[20] "SunExpress va relua zborurile regulate dintre București și Antalya în 2024". 21 September 2023.

[21] "SunExpress plans new routes in S18". routesonline.com. 16 November 2017.

[aeroroutes.com-22] ttps://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240424-xqnw24tr

[airporthaber2.com-23] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g https://www.airporthaber2.com/havacilik-haberleri/sunexpressten-kis-sezonunda-ic-hatlarda-11-yeni-rota.html

[24] ttps://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240415-ukns24

[25] "SUNEXPRESS ADDS ABU DHABI SERVICE FROM SEP 2023". Aeroroutes. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[ReferenceA-26] "SunExpress - Book cheap flights & fly to top destinations .com". www.sunexpress.com. Retrieved 2024-08-28.

[27] "Leeds Bradford gains new SunExpress route".

[sunexpress.com-28] "Route network - SunExpress". Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[29] "SunExpress Schedules Samarqand mid-Nov 2023 Launch". AeroRoutes. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

[30] "Austrian / SunExpress Begins Codeshare Partnership in NW24".

[aviationweek.com-31] ttps://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/sunexpress-seeks-airline-partnerships-cee-expansion

[32] ttps://havahaber.com/sunexpress-ve-eurowings-turkiye-ve-avrupa-arasindaki-ucus-seceneklerini-artirmak-icin-is-birliklerini-derinlestiriyor/

[33] "Fleet". sunexpress.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

[34] Perry, Dominic. "DUBAI: SunExpress tops up Max orders with 10-unit deal". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

[35] "SunExpress places order for 50 Boeing aircraft". reuters.com. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

[36] "Boeing Inks New Deal With SunExpress Worth Billions". fool.com. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

[37] "SunExpress to Buy up to 90 Boeing 737 MAX Jets to Fuel Robust Growth". Boeing Media Room. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

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PROFILBARU.COM

SunExpress

History

Foundation and early years

Development since 2010

Destinations

Codeshare agreements

Interline agreements

Fleet

Current fleet

Historic fleet

References

External links

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