Private company

SunExpress Deutschland

Logo: SunExpress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Leisure airline of Germany (2011–2020)

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Jun 8, 2011Founded1
  • HeadquartersFrankfurt1
  • Websitewww.sunexpress.de
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
  • LEI529900X29727TWBU4Q693
  • StatusInactive3
  • LEI statusRetired3
  • Registered addressDe-Saint-Exupéry-Straße 10, 60549 Frankfurt am Main, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Frankfurt am Main, HRB 900753

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Boeing 737-8CX, Sun Express AN2162224
Photo: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons6

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 2020.2

Corporate structure

SunExpress Deutschland is part of a group headed by Turkish Airlines. 15 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Turkish Airlines İstanbul, Turkey
    • SunExpress 50% · Muratpaşa
      • SunExpress Deutschland Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    • Air Albania Subsidiary · Tirana
    • AJet Subsidiary · Ankara
    • North Cyprus Airlines Subsidiary
    • TGS Yer Hizmetleri Subsidiary · Istanbul, Turkey
    • Turkish Cargo Subsidiary
    • AJET HAVA TAŞIMACILIĞI ANONİM ŞİRKETİ Subsidiary · İstanbul, Turkey
    • THY Aydin Çildir Havaalani Isletme A.S. Subsidiary · Turkey
    • THY Opet Havacilik Yakitlari A.S. Subsidiary · Turkey
    • THY OPET HAVACILIK YAKITLARI ANONİM ŞİRKETİ Subsidiary · İstanbul, Turkey
    • Turkish Airlines Inc., Japan Branch Subsidiary · Japan
    • TURKISH DO&CO Subsidiary · Turkey
    • Turkish Opet Aviation Fuels Co Subsidiary · Turkey
    • Skylife Owned

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on SunExpress Deutschland, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

Destinations

Operated as SunExpress Deutschland

As of February 2018, SunExpress Deutschland operated the following routes:

Bulgaria

Burgas – Burgas Airport

Varna – Varna Airport

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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 Airport

Orlando – Orlando International Airport

Seattle – Seattle/Tacoma International Airport

Fleet

As of January 2020, SunExpress Deutschland operated the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on SunExpress Deutschland, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jun 26, 2020Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Jun 8, 2011Founded Founded1

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