SunExpress to lease five Airbus A320 from Avion Express

SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has signed a wet-lease agreement with Lithuanian Airline Company Avion Express for five Airbus A320 aircraft. The leased aircraft will be deployed to SunExpress Antalya.

According to the ACMI agreement (including aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance), five Airbus A320 aircraft will be flying for SunExpress from Antalya in the summer-autumn of 2018.

SunExpress, carrying the largest number of tourists to Mediterranean and Aegean regions with scheduled flights, has one of Europe's youngest and modern fleets with its 64 Boeing 737-800 and 7 A330 (Eurowings) aircraft.

About Avion Express:

Avion Express is the largest airline in Lithuania and the largest narrow-body wet-lease operator in the world. During the season of 2017 Avion Express was operating 16 Airbus 319/320/321 aircraft.

About SunExpress:

SunExpress was founded in Antalya in 1989 as a subsidiary of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. Now with 28 years of experience in the aviation sector and in holiday expertise, SunExpress offers more than 1300 weekly flights to more than 80 destinations between Turkey, Europe and the Canary Islands, the Red Sea and North Africa. SunExpress employs more than 3800 employees in Antalya, Frankfurt, Izmir, Ankara, and Istanbul. SunExpress carries more than 8 million passengers each year with its fleet of 70 aircraft, one of the youngest in Europe. For more information about SunExpress and high-quality low-cost flights, you can visit www.SunExpress.com.