SunExpress announces winter schedule with 4 pct yearly capacity increase

ISTANBUL

SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has said its 2018/2019 winter schedule is available for booking for 60 destinations in 20 countries with a capacity increase of four percent compared to the winter season of last year.

In a statement on July 18, SunExpress said in the coming winter schedule, which is due to start at the end of October, it will have the most direct flights from six cities in Anatolia by increasing the number of flights between Turkey and Europe as well as increasing capacity from its Antalya hub in southern Turkey and its connection hub in İzmir in the country’s west.

“In the flights to Turkey we had a double-digit percent capacity increase compared to last year. We will continue to offer a wide variety of destinations to our customers,” SunExpress Deputy General Manager Ahmet Çalışkan said.

“In the winter schedule of 2018/2019 we will have direct scheduled flights from our Antalya hub to 21 airports in Europe. This year we will offer 3 percent more seats to Antalya compared to last year” he also stated.

This winter from Antalya the company will offer a total of 164 flights per week to 21 destinations in Europe and nine cities within Turkey, according to the statement.

This winter, the company will also offer 650,000 seats from İzmir, making 110 flights per week to 12 cities within Turkey and 53 international flights to 13 destinations in Europe from İzmir.