SunExpress
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| SunExpress Airlines | ||
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| IATA XQ |
ICAO SXS |
Callsign SUNEXPRESS |
| Founded | 1990 | |
| Hubs | Antalya International Airport | |
| Focus cities | Adnan Menderes Airport | |
| Fleet size | 13 | |
| Destinations | 59 | |
| Parent company | Lufthansa & Turkish Airlines | |
| Headquarters | Antalya, Turkey | |
| Key people | Paul Schwaiger (Director General) Haci Say (Deputy Director General | |
| Website: http://www.sunexpress.com.tr/ http://www.sunexpress.de/ http://www.sunexpress.ch/ | ||
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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[edit] History
The airline was established in October 1989. It 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, now Thomas Cook Airlines, to group all tourist flights under a single unit. In February 2007 Thomas Cook shares were retaken by Lufthansa. The owners of SunExpress: 50% Turkish Airlines, 50% Lufthansa. SunExpress carried just over 2.358 million passengers in 2006. SunExpress is the only airline in Turkey that is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS certified.
[edit] Services
SunExpress operates the following services to scheduled destinations from the hub Antalya (AYT) (at August 2007):
- Frankfurt Daily Service
- Munich Daily Service
- Cologne 6X Weekly
- Zürich 4X Weekly
- Basel 3X Weekly
- Berlin Schönefeld 5X Weekly
- Berlin-Tegel 3X Weekly
- Bremen 3X Weekly
- Dortmund 1X Weekly
- Dresden 1X Weekly
- Dusseldorf 6X Weekly
- Erfurt 1X Weekly
- Friedrichshafen 1X Weekly
- Hamburg 4X Weekly
- Hanover 4X Weekly
- Karlsruhe 1X Weekly
- Leipzig 3X Weekly
- London Stansted Airport 2X Weekly
- Münster 3X Weekly
- Nuremberg 3X Weekly
- Paderborn 2X Weekly
- Rostock 1X Weekly
- Saarbrücken 1X Weekly
- Salzburg 1X Weekly
- Stuttgart 4X Weekly
- Vienna 2X Weekly
- İzmir 12X Weekly
- Diyarbakır 3X Weekly
- Erzurum 2X Weekly
- Van 2X Weekly
- Trabzon 2X Weekly
- Bodrum 1X Weekly (Summer)
- Dalaman 1X Weekly (Summer)
SunExpress also operates the following scheduled destinations from the second hub İzmir (ADB) 2006:
- Cologne
- Frankfurt
- Stuttgart
- Berlin (Berlin-Tegel International Airport)
- Munich
- Dusseldorf
- Hannover
- London2007 (London Stansted Airport)
- Vienna2007
- Zürich
- Athens2007
- Amsterdam2007
- Antalya
- Adana
- Trabzon
- Diyarbakır
- Van
- Erzurum
- Kayseri
- Gaziantep
- Malatya
- Sivas
Domestic Flights start from 29 Turkish Lira (45 Lira All Taxes Included),International Flights start from 29 Euro (57 Euro All Taxes Included)
[edit] Fleet
| # of aircraft | Aircraft type | Passenger capacity | Max operating range (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Boeing 737-800(+2 in order) | 189 | 4,755 |
| 4 | Boeing 757-200 | 229 | 6,800 |
The SunExpress fleet consists of the following aircraft (at September 2006):
- 8 Boeing 737-800 TC-SUG, TC-SUH, TC-SUI, TC-SUJ, TC-SUL, TC-SUM, TC-SUO, TC-SUU
- 4 Boeing 757-200 TC-SNA, TC-SNB, TC-SNC, TC-SND
13th aircraft TC-SUV will be added in April 2007
All aircrafts are fitted with winglets.
SunExpress average fleet age is 6.4 years (July 2006).
[edit] External links
- SunExpress
- SunExpress (German website)
- SunExpress Fleet Detail
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