SunExpress, a joint affiliate of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa had a revenue of 1.49 billion Euros for 2022. It also transported 10.7 million passengers. Continuing its growth plans for 2023, SunExpress plans to create more than 400 employment opportunities. Within the framework of this plan, it announced that it will recruit for the cockpit, cabin, line maintenance, ground operations, and general manager positions. SunExpress CEO Max Kownatzki, who stated that they broke a record in terms of passenger numbers last year with his statements at the press conference held, stated that they reached 10.7 million passengers by increasing the number of passengers they had targeted to 9 million. Kownatzki also said that after the busy summer period, passenger demands increased significantly in the autumn and winter seasons, and the occupancy rates increased to 85%, exceeding the pre-pandemic level. In addition to these, he said that they aim to carry over 12 million passengers by the end of the year by adding 26 new routes to the flight network between Turkey and Europe for the summer of 2023. Referring to the earthquake in Turkey, Kownatzki said: ’’ In the last days, as we continue to support the healing of the wounds after the earthquake, our belief in Turkey's power to recover as soon as possible is stronger than ever. To support this, we have channeled into promoting Turkey and Turkish tourism even more seriously outside the country. With this focus, we will continue our efforts to contribute to the economy and employment. We strive to transform Turkey into a country that is visited in all seasons of the year. For this reason, we continue to contribute to Turkey's 60 million tourist target for this year’’.
Saying that SunExpress continues to support the region where the earthquake occurred, Max Kownatzki said, "As the airline, we have been acting in close cooperation with the relevant organizations since the first day of the earthquake. We continue the support we provided after the earthquake that shocked the whole country, with the air bridge we created between Germany and Turkey’’.
According to the information obtained on the subject, SunExpress has carried out a total of 435 special flights so far to deliver both search and rescue and medical teams to the earthquake area and to evacuate the citizens in the region.
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