ISTANBUL
SunExpress, a three way partnership of Turkish Airways and Lufthansa, has carried over 8 million passengers because the starting of the yr.
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The provider has achieved a mean load issue of 86 p.c because the starting of the yr. This represents a twofold improve when it comes to passenger numbers in comparison with the identical interval final yr, exceeding the pre-pandemic interval of 2019.
SunExpress has scheduled 1,000 extra flights for September and October to fulfill the growing demand for vacation journey after the pandemic, at a time when flight cancellations have been noticed within the sector, the corporate stated in a press release.
In accordance with present forecasts, the airline will exceed its annual goal of 10 million passengers, the assertion added.
“We’re proud to have made it via this summer season’s peak interval with none cancellations of our flights because of lack of floor dealing with workers throughout Europe,” commented Max Kownatzki, SunExpress CEO.
“We anticipate the demand for journey to proceed with out slowing down in the course of the winter season. We now have deliberate extra flights to fulfill the growing demand from Europe to Türkiye. And we are going to proceed to contribute to Türkiye’s goal of 47 million vacationers this yr.”
SunExpress was lately named “World’s Finest Leisure Airline” in 2022 by Skytrax. The airline had already been named “Türkiye’s Finest Leisure Airline” three consecutive instances and featured within the high 10 world leisure airways many instances.
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Established in Antalya in 1989, the provider SunExpress flies to greater than 175 locations in 30 nations with a fleet of 67 plane. It has bases in Frankfurt, İzmir, Ankara and Istanbul.