SunExpress Deutschland GmbH was a German leisure airline headquartered in Gateway Gardens, Flughafen, Frankfurt, Hesse. It was a subsidiary of SunExpress, which itself is a joint-venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. Its main base was Frankfurt Airport with smaller bases at several other airports throughout Germany. The company ceased all operations in 2020.
History SunExpress Deutschland was founded on 8 June 2011 as a subsidiary of SunExpress and started operations with three Boeing 737-800s. It was founded in order to fly from Germany to the Red Sea using the German AOC. These routes have been served on 2 November 2011 for the first time and the network has since been extended to several more leisure destinations in Southern Europe and North Africa.
In February 2015, the Lufthansa Group announced that SunExpress Deutschland would be the operator of Eurowings' new long-haul operations, which are based at Cologne Bonn Airport, from November 2015. SunExpress Deutschland therefore has received leased Airbus A330-200s.
On 23 June 2020 SunExpress announced SunExpress Deutschland would cease operations in 2020 and orderly be liquidated. Its route network would partially be taken over by SunExpress and Eurowings.New strategic positioning for SunExpress: Clear focus on tourism in Turkey SunExpress 23 June 2020SunExpress Closes German Arm Airliner World September 2020 page 8
Destinations Operated as SunExpress Deutschland As of February 2018, SunExpress Deutschland operated the following routes: Bulgaria Burgas – Burgas Airport Varna – Varna Airport
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo – Sarajevo International Airport
Egypt Hurghada – Hurghada International Airport Marsa Alam – Marsa Alam International Airport
Germany Berlin – Tegel Airport Cologne/Bonn – Cologne Bonn Airport (Base) Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport (Base) Frankfurt – Frankfurt Airport (Base) Hanover – Hannover Airport (Base) Leipzig – Leipzig/Halle Airport Munich – Munich Airport (Base) Stuttgart – Stuttgart Airport (Base)
Greece Athens – Athens International Airport Heraklion – Heraklion International Airport
Italy Lamezia Terme – Lamezia Terme International Airport
Lebanon Beirut – Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Morocco Agadir – Agadir Airport
Norway Oslo – Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Spain Madrid – Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Barcelona – Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Fuerteventura – Fuerteventura Airport Lanzarote – Lanzarote Airport Palma de Mallorca – Palma de Mallorca Airport
Turkey Adana – Adana Şakirpaşa Airport Ankara – Ankara Esenboğa Airport Antalya – Antalya Airport Bodrum – Milas–Bodrum Airport Dalaman – Dalaman Airport Elazığ – Elazığ Airport Gaziantep – Oğuzeli Airport Istanbul – Sabiha Gökçen International Airport İzmir – Adnan Menderes Airport Kayseri – Erkilet International Airport Samsun – Samsun-Çarşamba Airport Trabzon – Trabzon Airport
Operated for Eurowings As of July 2017, SunExpress Deutschland operated the following long-haul routes for Eurowings:
Barbados Bridgetown – Grantley Adams International Airport seasonal
Cuba Havana – Jose Marti International Airport Varadero – Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport
Dominican Republic Punta Cana – Punta Cana International Airport Puerto Plata – Gregorio Luperón International Airport
Germany Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport Base
Jamaica Montego Bay – Sangster International Airport
Mauritius Port Louis – Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
Mexico Cancún – Cancún International Airport
Namibia Windhoek – Hosea Kutako International Airport
Thailand Bangkok – Suvarnabhumi Airport Phuket – Phuket International Airport
United States Fort Myers – Southwest Florida International Airport Las Vegas – Harry Reid International Airport Miami – Miami International Airportaero.de - "Eurowings cancels Dubai and ends Boston earlier" (German) 15 August 2016 Orlando – Orlando International Airport Seattle – Seattle/Tacoma International Airport
Fleet
As of January 2020, SunExpress Deutschland operated the following aircraft:
+SunExpress Deutschland FleetAircraftIn ServicePassengersNotes C Y TotalAirbus A330-200721289310Operated for Eurowings Boeing 737-80013—189189D-ASXB in Eintracht Frankfurt special livery.Total20
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