{"id":1549,"date":"2026-01-26T13:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/expanding-network-saw-sunexpress-increase-passenger-numbers-by-7-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:40:05","slug":"expanding-network-saw-sunexpress-increase-passenger-numbers-by-7-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/expanding-network-saw-sunexpress-increase-passenger-numbers-by-7-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding network saw SunExpress increase passenger numbers by 7% in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines leisure carrier joint venture SunExpress saw a 7% increase in passenger volumes in 2025, up to 16 million across its network.<\/p>\n<p>The carrier said the improved performance reflects the popularity of\u00a0\u00a0T\u00fcrkiye as one of the leading holiday destinations in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>SunExpress also recorded \u201crobust traffic\u201d during the peak\u00a0Christmas travel period,\u00a0from December 20 to January 4.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, the airline carried\u00a0almost half a million passengers\u00a0in total, a\u00a09% increase compared to the previous year\u2019s festive season.<\/p>\n<p>The airline said these results \u201creinforce SunExpress\u2019 position as a leading leisure airline between Europe and T\u00fcrkiye, supported by its strong partnership structure and expanding network\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to summer sun and beach travel, SunExpress caters for a number of other types of travel including cultural, archaeological, and culinary tourism, and sports travel.<\/p>\n<p>The airline operates in a total of 237 routes to 92 destinations across 35 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/industry-news\/expanding-network-saw-sunexpress-increase-passenger-numbers-by-7-in-2025\/\">Expanding network saw SunExpress increase passenger numbers by 7% in 2025<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/\">Aviation Business News<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines leisure carrier joint venture SunExpress saw a 7% increase in passenger volumes in 2025, up to 16 million across its network. The carrier said the improved performance reflects the popularity of\u00a0\u00a0T\u00fcrkiye as one of the leading holiday destinations in Europe. SunExpress also recorded \u201crobust traffic\u201d during the peak\u00a0Christmas travel period,\u00a0from December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}