SunExpress is a Turkish - German airline based in Antalya . SunExpress was founded in October 1989 as a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. It operates scheduled and chartered passenger flights to 90 destinations in 30 countries in Europe as well as North Africa , the Mediterranean , Black Sea , and Red Sea . The airline concentrates on international tourism , domestic Turkish flights to cities in Anatolia , and wet leasing . The total number of SunExpress employees is 5,000.
31-413: XQ , X.Q. , or Xq can refer to: SunExpress , a Turkish airline (IATA code XQ) XQ, a model of Daewoo Royale car XQ-1, a variant of Radioplane Q-1 drone aircraft Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title XQ . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
62-496: A common archive room, a stationary flight simulator room and a general purpose auditorium. On 23 June 2020, it has been announced that SunExpress' German subsidiary SunExpress Deutschland would cease operations and be liquidated. Its route network would be partially taken over by SunExpress and Eurowings . On 30 October 2023, Sun Express Airlines successfully completed its inaugural flight to Ercan Airport (Northern Cyprus) with 118 passengers. This special flight coincided with
93-541: A joint and independent holding company, were brought forth during 2008, but did not materialize. Instead, Lufthansa announced in December 2008 to acquire Germanwings from Eurowings. In September 2010 Eurowings closed its headquarters and technical infrastructure in Dortmund, Germany, and moved both to Düsseldorf, where Eurowings operated most of its flights since the airline was part of Lufthansa Regional. In March 2011,
124-562: A joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa . Its first flight was in 1990. SunExpress became the first private airline company to offer international scheduled flights from Turkey with its first Antalya-Frankfurt flight in 2001. SunExpress opened its second base in İzmir and started to operate domestic flights in 2006. With this launch, SunExpress became the first airline company to connect İzmir with Anatolian cities with direct flights in Turkey. In May 2010, SunExpress took delivery of
155-542: A small fleet were to blame; Eurowings started its first seven long-haul routes with only one own aircraft. Shortly after, Eurowings again faced severe public outrage and negative media coverage, after one of their flights from Varadero to Cologne was delayed by more than 60 hours with passengers with visas whose validity had run out stuck in their hotels. In January 2016, Eurowings cancelled their planned service from Cologne to Tehran , and reduced Dubai flights from year-round to seasonal service. Lufthansa also announced
186-452: A total of 38 Airbus A319/A320 aircraft for six years to Lufthansa Group's Eurowings (33 aircraft) and Austrian Airlines (five), starting from February 2017. As a result, Eurowings will phase out Germanwings' older A320s. On 15 February 2017, Eurowings retired their last Bombardier CRJ900 after a flight from Karlsruhe to Hamburg . All CRJ900s have been handed over to Lufthansa CityLine and replaced by larger Airbus A320-200s , as part of
217-609: A turnaround plan introduced by Lufthansa. In April 2020, Lufthansa announced a major downsizing for Eurowings in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic . While Germanwings has been shut entirely and Eurowings is to phase out several aircraft, most wet-lease contracts have been ended on short notice. Amongst the terminated agreements was the largest one with German Airways (formerly LGW) for their entire Bombardier DHC-8-400 fleet. In February 2021, Lufthansa announced it would take over most of Eurowings' routes at Munich Airport with
248-463: A value carrier for short- and long-haul flights. By October 2015, it had also started to incorporate Germanwings' route network as part of the merger of the two brands. Eurowings operates from bases in Germany, and its Maltese subsidiary Eurowings Europe operates from bases in other European countries. All flights operated by both carriers are scheduled, marketed and sold by Eurowings. The airline
279-683: Is a source for clean energy inside the building. The solar panels on the roof generate enough electricity to supply power to all the computers. On the exterior of the building, “smart” glass panels have been used to allow sun rays to shine inside the building while blocking out unwanted heat to help reduce cooling costs. Orange, bergamot, and lemon trees have been planted in both the interior and exterior gardens. The building consists of one basement and four floors, which house 250 SunExpress employees in 87 offices. There are several special category spaces incorporating meeting, briefing, training, storage, and various special operation rooms. The building also hosts
310-458: The 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey , marking a significant historical moment. SunExpress will operate flights to Ercan Airport on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, making four round trips per week. This new route is highlighted as a crucial step both for travelers wishing to travel from İzmir to Cyprus and for Ercan Airport to serve a broader audience. In 2024, SunExpress and
341-581: The Lufthansa Group . Founded in 1996, it serves a network of domestic and European destinations and maintains bases at several airports throughout Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Eurowings has gone through a major transformation in recent years. It was part of Lufthansa Regional until October 2014. At that time, it began operating on behalf of Germanwings within their network. Since spring 2015, Eurowings has been redeveloped into
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#1732791983689372-652: The "current" German Eurowings would continue to operate the existing fleet. This was planned due to lower operational costs based on Austrian Airlines union agreements. On 2 October 2015, Lufthansa announced a change of plans for their Vienna operations. Austrian Airlines would not operate some routes for the Eurowings brand as planned; instead, Eurowings Europe would handle all these flights itself. In October 2015, Eurowings took over 55 Germanwings routes. By April 2016, Eurowings had taken over several more routes. Eurowings has been solely responsible for all sales under
403-722: The A320s would be new orders, and 13 would be transferred from Lufthansa Group orders between February 2015 and March 2017. Lufthansa also announced Eurowings' transformation from a regional airline into a low-cost long and short-haul carrier by the end of 2015. On 1 February 2015, Eurowings started operating the Airbus A320-200 , after taking delivery of its first on 20 January, which was received from Lufthansa and repainted in Eurowings' new livery. This and further A320s would be operated on behalf of Germanwings for most of 2015, until Lufthansa consolidated its low-cost operations under
434-561: The Bulgarian airline Electra Airways announced a new flight program for flights to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, covering the summer tourist season with flights from 7 German airports to Varna and Burgas. The new project will operate through joint operations, with SunExpress participating through sales and flight program planning, while Electra Airways will provide aircraft and crew. As of June 2024 , SunExpress flies to
465-539: The Germanwings brand since October 2015. From November 2015, Eurowings were offering one-way fares to destinations in the Caribbean and Thailand for as little as 99 euros. In December 2015, Eurowings' new long-haul operations faced severe criticism, as every fourth flight was delayed by an average of 5.8 hours, with some flights delayed more than 20 hours. Lufthansa stated that unexpected technical difficulties and
496-479: The Lufthansa Group announced that Eurowings will drop all long-haul flights and instead focus on short-haul operations aboard Airbus A320-family aircraft. All long-haul flights operated by Eurowings will be transferred to other network airlines- Lufthansa , Brussels Airlines , Austrian Airlines , and Swiss . It was also announced that Brussels Airlines will work more closely with its network partners under
527-510: The Lufthansa Group announced that starting in October 2019, Eurowings would introduce long-haul flights from Frankfurt Airport and further its Munich hub to expand Lufthansa's tourist-oriented presence and cooperation with these two hubs. It was announced that the original routes serviced from Frankfurt would be Mauritius, Barbados, and Windhoek, and Bangkok from Munich. However, in June 2019,
558-457: The aircraft were planned be operated by Austrian Airlines under the Eurowings brand. Previous plans to establish the first foreign base at Basel/Mulhouse were cancelled. In June 2015, the Lufthansa Group announced the application for an additional air operator's certificate (AOC) for Eurowings in Austria, called Eurowings Europe , under which all new Airbus A320-200s would be operated while
589-505: The airline since 2005, and it assumed complete ownership in 2011. As of 31 December 2006, Lufthansa had a 49% shareholding in Eurowings with a call option for 50.91% of the remaining stakes, bringing the company into the Lufthansa Group fold. At that time, Eurowings was the owner of Germanwings , thus creating a low-cost branch within the Lufthansa trust. Plans to merge these two airlines with TUIfly (controlled by TUI Travel ) into
620-555: The country, it also serves – with German registration – destinations along the Mediterranean , Black Sea , North Africa and Red Sea . SunExpress decided to invest in its building and SunExpress Plaza was built in June 2012. The new company building is environmental friendly, and is located in a natural setting. The architectural theme of the building is transparency and naturalness; therefore each room has been designed so that it has access to natural light and fresh air. The sun
651-614: The establishment of a task force in the same month. Its brief would be to eliminate the operational problems which lead to serious delays and to increase operational reliability. In July 2016, it was made public that Eurowings' owner Lufthansa was considering taking over part of the route network, staff and aircraft leases from Air Berlin , which would then be made part of the Eurowings operations. In August 2016, Eurowings announced further changes to its long-haul operations. The routes to Boston and to Dubai , which had already been changed from year-round to seasonal, were terminated. Boston
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#1732791983689682-497: The exception of few domestic services and flights to Palma de Mallorca and Pristina . Also in early 2021, Eurowings discontinued all of their long-haul destinations, which had been served from Düsseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt. At the same time, parent Lufthansa announced that these routes would be spun off as new long-haul carrier Eurowings Discover . In 2021 Eurowings announced it would add yet another base, this time to Prague , Czech Republic. In May 2022, Eurowings announced
713-677: The first of six newly purchased Boeing 737-800 s and launched its new corporate identity including its new logo, aircraft livery, new corporate colours, uniforms and visual identity elements. SunExpress Deutschland was founded in 2011. The company started business operations in June 2011. Besides the Turkish destinations on the South Coast , on the Aegean , on the Black Sea and in the East of
744-526: The following destinations: As of May 2024, the SunExpress fleet consists of the following aircraft: SunExpress had also operated the following aircraft types in the past: [REDACTED] Media related to SunExpress at Wikimedia Commons Eurowings Eurowings GmbH is a German value airline headquartered in Düsseldorf , North Rhine-Westphalia , and a wholly owned subsidiary of
775-461: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=XQ&oldid=745072764 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages SunExpress SunExpress was founded in Antalya in October 1989 as
806-501: The maintenance division at Nürnberg Airport was also closed. In late 2013, Eurowings' short-haul flights that are not operated from Frankfurt or Munich were transferred from Lufthansa to Germanwings. All Eurowings flights operated on behalf of Lufthansa Regional ceased by autumn 2014 and were rebranded to Germanwings, the last ones to and from Düsseldorf. In July 2014, the Lufthansa Group announced that Eurowings would replace its 23 Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft with 23 Airbus A320s . Ten of
837-523: The new Eurowings brand by end of that year. Additionally, in February 2015, the Lufthansa Group announced that SunExpress Deutschland would be the operator of Eurowings' new long-haul operations, which were to be based at Cologne Bonn Airport from November 2015. SunExpress Deutschland therefore would receive leased Airbus A330-200s . Eurowings also announced the establishment of its first base outside of Germany, at Vienna International Airport , where
868-532: The termination of its own long-running frequent flyer program Boomerang Club in favour of a merger with Miles & More of parent Lufthansa. The Eurowings Group, which consists of low-cost or hybrid point-to-point airlines, is wholly owned by Lufthansa , and includes as subsidiaries: Integration of Brussels Airlines within Eurowings was stopped during 2019; it will instead move closer to Lufthansa Network Airlines and report as part of that operating segment from 2020. The business and operating results of
899-411: The transformation from a regional into a low-cost carrier. In February 2018, Eurowings announced the relocation of all its long-haul routes currently operated from Cologne Bonn Airport to Düsseldorf Airport , from which it already flies long-haul routes, by late October 2018 to strengthen their presence there. This leaves Düsseldorf and Munich Airport as Eurowings' long-haul bases. In March 2019,
930-665: Was formed on 1 February 1990, following a merger of Nürnberger Flugdienst (NFD) and Reise- und Industrieflug (RFG), two commuter airlines based in Nürnberg and Dortmund , respectively. Flight operations using an initial fleet of ATR 42 and 72 aircraft inherited from Eurowings' predecessors were launched on 1 January 1994. Subsequently, BAe 146 aircraft were added to the fleet, which were later followed by larger Airbus A320 family aircraft and even an Airbus A310 . Lufthansa took an initial 24.9% stake in Eurowings in 2001, increasing it to 49% in 2004. It has exercised full control of
961-479: Was only served for three months. Shortly after, Eurowings also announced it would terminate its last route to Moscow , and therefore Russia , due to low demand. Also in August 2016, Eurowings announced it would open its second Austrian base after Vienna, at Salzburg Airport , with flights to six European metropolitan destinations from January 2017. In December 2016, it was announced that Air Berlin would wet-lease