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SunExpress is a passenger and scheduled charter from Turkey, founded in 1989 as a subsidiary of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa.
SunExpress flies to many destinations including Adana, Amsterdam, Ankara, Berlin, Bodrum, Bremen, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Dortmund, Erbil, Erfurt, Hannover, London, Istanbul, Stuttgart, Tirana, Stockholm and Salzburg.
The airline has a home base in Antalya on the Turkish Riviera and a second most important base in Izmir on the Aegean coast. SunExpress focuses on three areas of business: international tourism, ethnic travel and the wet-lease business.
The company serves flights to various destinations around Europe, Asia and North Africa. The company’s main office is located in Antalya, in Turkey and has two main hubs, Adnan Menderes Airport in Izmir and Antalya Airport in Antalya.
Their main destinations are in Turkey and Germany, as well as Egypt and Morocco. SunExpess partners in Germany includes leading tour operators offering holidays in Turkey such as Neckerman, Oger Tours, TUI, Thomas Cook and Alltours.
SunExpress' fleet consists of Boeing 737-700s and Boeing 737-800s. SunExpress currently operates more than 1,000 flights per week, both internationally and for the domestic Turkish market.
Frequent Flyer Program
SunExpress offers a frequent flyer program called SunPoints, whereby frequent travellers are rewarded for travelling with SunExpress.
SunPoints can be exchanged for flights with SunExpress.
Baggage
SunExpress passengers are entitled to a checked baggage allowance of 20 to 40kg on international flights depending on the SunFare tariff booked and one item of hand luggage (55 x 40 x 20 cm) with a maximum weight of 6 kg.
For flights within Turkey, the baggage allowance is between 15 and 25 kilograms.
News
19th September 2017
Turkey's Sunexpress chooses the revenue accounting software SKYfly Revenue from ISO Software Systems in Nuremberg
SunExpress chooses the revenue accounting software SKYfly Revenue from ISO Software Systeme in Nuremberg after an extensive selection process.
The SunExpress airline will carry out its revenue accounting using SKYfly Revenue by ISO Software Systeme. The change to a new reservation system required SunExpress to also get an equally modern revenue accounting system. The scheduled and charter carrier from Turkey thus put out a call for proposals for such as system. In the end, SKYfly Revenue by ISO Software Systeme convinced SunExpress. After a short and smooth implementation phase, the system is now live. With some 7.5 million passengers per year, SunExpress is the largest airline to date to choose SKYfly Revenue Accounting by ISO Software Systems, bringing the total client count to 14 airlines.
11th September 2017
Turkey's Sun Express modifies Boeing order book
Sun Express has modified its Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare) order book, the US manufacturer has revealed in its latest update for August 2017.
In February 2014, SunExpress ordered fifty aircraft from Boeing consisting of forty B737-800s and B737 MAX 8s with ten options. Deliveries were to have run from 2015 through to 2021.
However, according to Boeing, the Turkish leisure specialist placed an order for seven B737 aircraft, while reducing its existing order by seven. As of July 2017, SunExpress's Boeing backlog consisted of seven B737-800s and twenty-five B737 MAX.
SunExpress is a 50/50 joint-venture between Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l) and Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Atatürk). It currently operates fifty-two B737-800s on scheduled and chartered passenger flights connecting Turkey with Western Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia.
August 2017
Sunexpress has marked its return to German soccer by securing deals with three Bundesliga outfits
Top-tier sides Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt and Hannover 96 will all be sponsored by the airline for the next two seasons, with industry observer Sponsors.de reporting that the tie-ups are likely to cost Sunexpress a total of €1 million over that period.
BMW Euler renews Eintracht Frankfurt partnership
The three clubs will promote Sunexpress across their digital and social channels, as well as offering TV-relevant in-stadium advertising spots. Sunexpress will also run a fan activation campaign, giving supporters the chance to win flights to various destinations.
The carrier had previously made a big push into German soccer in the 2012/13 season, when it partnered with eight clubs from across the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga.
April 2017
SunExpress landed in Antalya this year with the second new flight from the Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa's joint venture, SunExpress.
SunExpress, which added the first aircraft of the year to its fleet on March 13th with the 'TC-SOC' queue registered, added the second of six Boeing 737-800 NGs expected to be delivered this year to the fleet.
By the end of this year, SunExpress's new aircraft, which plans to add 18 new Boeing 737-800 NGs to its fleet, has reached 68 in its fleet. In 2014, 50 Boeing 737-800NG and MAX aircraft orders worth about $ 4 billion 750 million were purchased in conjunction with TC-SOD, the number of new aircraft joining SunExpress's fleet in the ordering frame.
April 2017
SunExpress announced it brought 44 tour operators and travel agencies from Antalya to Antalya and Izmir to contribute and revitalise Antalya and Izmir tourism.
SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, brings 44 tour operators and travel agents from Germany to Antalya and Izmir to contribute and revitalize Antalya and Izmir tourism. SunExpress will connect Antalya and Izmir with scheduled flights both at home and abroad, between Antalya and Izmir between April 28 and May 1, together with local authorities, specialist German tour operator and travel agent in last minute sales.
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Adnan Menderes Airport
HUB Airport
The Adnan Menderes Airport is a Turkish airport located in Izmir and acts as the Sun Express hub. Pegasus Airlines and Turkish Airlines also use Adnan Menderes Airport has the hub for Adnan Menderes.
The airport has two runaways and has a passenger capacity of 12 million per year. Airlines which fly to and from Adnan Menderes Airport include Aegean Airlines, easyJet, Lufthansa, Pegasus Airlines, Saudia, Corendon Airlines, Atlasglobal, Turkish Airlines and Ural Airlines.
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SunExpress Flights
SunExpress is a joint venture owned 50% by Turkish Airlines and 50% by Lufthansa. It operates flights exclusively within Europe from two hubs at Antalya and Izmir. SunExpress operate flights to Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne, Zürich, Basel, Berlin Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Bremen, Dortmund, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Friedrichshafen, Hamburg, Hanover, Karlsruhe, Leipzig, London Stansted Airport, Münster, Nuremberg, Paderborn, Rostock, Saarbrücken, Salzburg, Stuttgart, Vienna, Izmir, Diyarbakir, Erzurum,Van, Trabzon, Bodrum and Dalaman.
SunExpress operate 9 Boeing 737-800’s (check out the winglets) and 4 Boeing 757 aircraft. The new London Stansted to Antalya route is operated by an 737-800.
SunExpress Flights
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Latest News:
ALFA Award Received by SunExpress
ALFA Award Received by SunExpress Sun Express has been named the best airline for ‘Online Complaints Management’.
SunExpress Receive New Generation Aircraft
SunExpress Receive New Generation Aircraft SunExpress, the joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has taken delivery of its new Boeing 737-800 TC-SEP.
Sun Express Germany Plans 33 New Routes This Summer!
Sun Express Germany Plans 33 New Routes This Summer!
Sun Express Looks to Purchase 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
Sun Express Looks to Purchase 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
SunExpress, the Turkish airline, has announced that its Antalya to Paris service will now be launched in April 2016!
SunExpress enjoys strong performance in first half of 2015 by carrying 3.6 million passengers.
SunExpress enjoys strong performance in first half of 2015 by carrying 3.
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