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| Founded | 1989 | |||
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| Fleet size | 20 | |||
| Destinations | 82 | |||
| Parent company | Turkish Airlines Lufthansa |
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| Headquarters | Antalya, Turkey | |||
| Key people | Paul Schwaiger (Director General) | |||
| Website | http://www.sunexpress.com | |||
SunExpress (Turkish: Güneş Ekspres Havacılık A.Ş.) is an airline based in Antalya, Turkey. It operates scheduled and charter flights to destinations in Europe. Its main base is Antalya International Airport (AYT).
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History
The airline was established in October 1989 and started operations in April 1990 with a charter service between Antalya and Frankfurt, Germany. SunExpress was founded as a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. In 1995 Lufthansa transferred its SunExpress shares to Condor Airlines, to group all tourist flights under a single unit. In February 2007 Condor shares were retaken by Lufthansa.
The owners of SunExpress are 50% Turkish Airlines and 50% Lufthansa. The airline carried just over 2.358 million passengers in 2006. With 617 employees, 373 of which are flight crew staff, SunExpress is the largest employer in Antalya. Including 181 staff at the Izmir office and 23 at Frankfurt, SunExpress employs 821 people in total.
SunExpress operates a fleet of 14 airplanes with an average age of 8.6 years and a seating capacity of 2,796 seats. Plans for the purchase of two new Boeing 737-800s, which will be added to the fleet in April and May 2008, will increase the number of aircraft in the fleet to 16. 12 Boeing airplanes leased by SunExpress are equipped with blended winglets installed by THY Maintenance Center.
SunExpress is the only airline in Turkey that is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and Ohsas 18001 certified.
SunExpress' supports the Golden Orange Foundation, the Antalya Piano Festival, the International Izmir Festival, the Ayvalik International Music Academy, the Antalya Arts Festival, the Youngenc Orchestra and the Antalya Youth Education Association as part of the company philosophy to contribute to the social and cultural life of Antalya and Izmir. The company also provides educational scholarships to 100 girls as part of the “Baba Beni Okula Gonder” project and is the official carrier of the Antalya City Basketball Team.
SunExpress contributes to Turkish tourism through its membership of the Antalya Promotion Foundation (ATAV) and the Destination Izmir project, which was established to promote Izmir’s tourism attractions in Europe. SunExpress also supports TUROFED (Turkish Hotel Federation) in promoting hotels in Turkey.
Destinations
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SunExpress flights operated from main hub Antalya (AYT) (summer 2009)
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Germany
- Baden-Baden/Karlsruhe (Baden Airpark)
- Berlin
- Bremen (Bremen Airport)
- Cologne/Bonn (Cologne-Bonn Airport)
- Dortmund (Dortmund Airport)
- Dresden (Dresden Klotzsche Airport)
- Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf International Airport)
- Erfurt (Erfurt Airport)
- Frankfurt
- Friedrichshafen
- Hamburg (Hamburg Airport)
- Hannover (Hanover International Airport)
- Leipzig (Leipzig/Halle Airport)
- Memmingen
- Münster (Münster Osnabrück International Airport)
- Munich (Munich International Airport)
- Nuremberg (Nuremberg Airport)
- Paderborn (Paderborn Lippstadt Airport)
- Rostock (Rostock Laage Airport)
- Stuttgart (Stuttgart Airport)
- Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken Airport)
- Zweibrücken (Zweibrücken Airport)
- Weeze (Weeze Airport)
- Hungary
- Iran
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Bydgoszcz (Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport)
- Gdańsk (Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport)
- Katowice (Katowice International Airport)
- Kraków (John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice)
- Lodz
- Poznań (Poznań-Ławica Airport)
- Rzeszów (Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport)
- Szczecin (
Szczecin-Goleniów "Solidarność" Airport ) - Warsaw (Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport)
- Wrocław (Copernicus Airport Wrocław)
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
SunExpress flights operated from second hub İzmir (ADB) (summer 2009)
- Adana
- Amsterdam
- Antalya
- Arlanda
- Berlin Schönefeld
- Cologne
- Diyarbakir
- Düsseldorf
- Erzurum
- Frankfurt
- Gaziantep
- Hannover
- İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
- Kars
- Kayseri
- Malatya
- Munich
- Nuremberg
- Oslo
- Samsun
- Sivas
- Stuttgart
- Rostock-Laage
- Trabzon
- Van
- Zürich
SunExpress Flights operated from the new hub Istanbul (SAW)
- Adana
- Amsterdam
- Antalya
- Berlin Schönefeld
- Bodrum
- Cologne
- Diyarbakir
- Erzurum
- Frankfurt
- Gaziantep
- Hamburg
- Hanover
- Izmir
- Kars
- Kayseri
- Malatya
- Munich
- Samsun
- Sivas
- Stuttgart
- Trabzon
- Van
SunExpress flights operated from main hub Bodrum (summer 2009)
SunExpress flights operated from main hub Dalaman (summer 2009)
SunExpress flights operated from Bursa (YEI)
Fleet
The SunExpress fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 27 November 2009): [1]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 17 | 189 |
| Boeing 757-200 | 3 | 229 |
| Total | 20 |
The SunExpress average fleet age is 6.9 years (as of March 2009).
On July 07, 2009, Boeing announced that SunExpress had placed an order for six Next Generation Boeing 737 aircraft.
References
External links
- SunExpress
- SunExpress (German website)
- Fleet
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