SunExpress takes delivery of B737 aircraft
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SunExpress announced the delivery of its new aircraft from Boeing. Boeing delivered SunExpress’ 14th aircraft, a B737-800, at Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport on 21-Feb-08.
The B737 will operate services to and from Sabiha Gokcen as of 30-March-08.
At the welcoming ceremony, SunExpress Managing Director, Paul Schwaiger, said “2008 will be a strategic growth year for SunExpress. This year, including the one we took delivery today, we will add 4 new aircraft to our fleet and start operating Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen based international and domestic flights. We aim to increase our revenue and the number of our passengers by approximately 20% with our renewed fleet that will consist 17 aircraft as of this summer season.”
About SunExpress
SunExpress was founded as a JV agreement between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa in 1989. Operating charter flights for approximately 10 years, SunExpress became the first private airline company to offer international scheduled flights from Turkey with its Antalya-Frankfurt service in 2001. The carrier connected Izmir with the major cities in Anatolia by offering direct domestic flights, which commenced on 26-March-06 for the first time in Turkey. SunExpress also added Antalya and Diyarbakır based domestic flights while increasing the number of destinations from Izmir. The carrier will operate a fleet of 17 aircrafts, 14 B737-800s and 3 B757-200s from European summer 2008.
© Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 25-Feb-08
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