ANTALYA
SunExpress, a three way partnership of Turkish Airways and Lufthansa, expects to exceed its goal of 10 million for 2022, Max Kownatzki, CEO of SunExpress, has mentioned, additionally asserting plans for the upcoming winter season.
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“We’re the main airline offering the largest seat capability from German talking nations [DACH countries: Germany, Austria and Switzerland] to Türkiye exterior Istanbul. We carried over 8 million passengers within the first 9 months of the 12 months,” mentioned Kownatzki at a gathering within the province of Antalya.
“When it comes to passenger site visitors, we anticipate exceeding each pre-pandemic 2019 ranges and our passenger goal of 10 million for 2022. Will probably be a file 12 months.”
2022 was a 12 months when demand rose considerably with the lifting of pandemic-related journey restrictions, he mentioned.
Commenting on SunExpress’ targets for the upcoming winter season, Kownatzki famous that, “We proceed our assist as tourism ambassador by bridging Türkiye and Europe. We recorded our traditionally largest community growth in summer time 2022. After a robust summer time season, we at the moment are ready for the winter season and assembly continued demand.”
Following the extra capability of 1,000 flights for September and October, SunExpress additionally deliberate 550 extra flights for November, in response to the CEO.
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“We elevated our capability by 35 % for the winter season in comparison with the winters of each 2021 and 2019. We additionally added 15 new routes and reached the most important route community growth in our historical past for the winter season,” mentioned Kownatzki.
In step with its progress plans, SunExpress will recruit for cockpit, cabin, line upkeep, floor operations and normal supervisor positions within the upcoming interval. Greater than 200 new jobs are deliberate to be created in 2023.
The airline is within the closing levels of negotiating to the signing of a moist lease settlement with a U.S. based mostly airline. Beneath this settlement, 4 plane shall be operated by SunExpress. The settlement would be the first large-scale moist lease operation within the U.S. by an airline from Türkiye with cabin and cockpit crews. Flights will start in December 2022 and function till April 2023.
