Max Kownatzki (53), currently Chief Executive Officer of SunExpress, will assume the role of CEO of Eurowings on February 1, 2026. He succeeds Jens Bischof, who will step down from the management board at the end of the year after more than five years leading Eurowings and over 35 years in senior...

SunExpress is celebrating a major milestone after carrying over 500,000 passengers through Birmingham since it began operations at the airport in 2022. The airline, which is a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, operates routes from Birmingham to Dalaman, Antalya and Izmir. T...

Francesco Sciortino will join the Executive Board of Lufthansa Airlines and take over responsibility as Hub Manager for Frankfurt. He will also become Accountable Manager for the Lufthansa airline. Francesco Sciortino is currently a Member of the Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO) ...

SunExpress, the Turkish-German airline jointly owned by Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has announced plans to install fuel-saving VCT Finlets across its entire Next Generation Boeing 737-800 fleet, following a successful evaluation of the aerodynamic technology. Developed by Vortex Control Techn...

Experienced airline executive Paul Schwaiger has become Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Corendon Airlines. He succeeds in Mine Aslan, who has made significant contributions to the airline’s success over the years. Schwaiger is already well acquainted with Corendon Airlines, having served a...

SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, launched a new route from Liverpool to Antalya for summer 2025 on Sunday 6th April. SunExpress is offering passengers the opportunity to fly direct from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Antalya three times a week, with all flights ope...

SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, today launches a new route from Glasgow to Antalya for summer 2025, with a further new service to Dalaman starting tomorrow (5th April). SunExpress is offering Scottish passengers a choice of six weekly flights from Glasgow to Türkiy...

SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, and Vortex Control Technologies (VCT) announced SunExpress as its European launch customer for VCT's proven Finlet technology which will reduce SunExpress's carbon footprint for its Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft. VCT Fi...

Boeing and SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, announced today the airline has again selected the 737 MAX to continue its robust growth. With a commitment to purchase up to 90 fuel-efficient single-aisle Boeing jets, announced at the Dubai Airshow, Türkiye's leading leis...

London Stansted's unrivalled European route network has been further boosted by the arrival of leading leisure airline SunExpress. The Turkish carrier, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, will offer three flights a week to Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city, from October 202...

SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, welcomed 10.7 million passengers on board in 2022. Breaking passenger number records, the carrier saw a load factor of 85%, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Achieving a revenue of around €1,49 billion in 2022 - above pre-pande...

Welcoming nearly 1.1 million passengers last month, Budapest Airport hit a new high since the start of the pandemic. With traffic 12 times higher than in the same month of last year, Budapest has further expanded its route network by welcoming the arrival of a direct link to Turkey’s third larges...

Budapest Airport announces another important new route this week, as one of Turkey’s largest airlines, SunExpress, increases the number of flights it operates from the Hungarian gateway. Launching a weekly service from 18 June to the popular resort of Izmir, the Turkish carrier is set to add to i...

Turkish-German airline, SunExpress has issued a ‘Request for Proposals’ via Route Exchange, seeking new strategic and long-term airport partners in the UK and Ireland. The full-service airline which recently announced 23 new routes between Turkey and destinations in Europe and the Middle East...

SunExpress is restructuring its business to focus more on the Turkish tourism market. A joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, SunExpress has decided to concentrate its operations on leisure flights to and from Turkey, as well as on domestic Turkish air traffic. Having made a sign...