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Max Kownatzki tells Routes about his baptism of fire after becoming SunExpress CEO at the start of the pandemic and why the airline is now growing its network.

The Turkish airline’s CEO said the extended range of the Boeing 737-8 offers “some interesting opportunities” to broaden its network.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Beirut, Copenhagen and Helsinki are among the destinations receiving new routes to Turkey this summer.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

SunExpress is also close to announcing two new UK and Ireland airports for summer 2022.

Head of network planning Wilken Bellmann tells Routes the UK and Ireland would be a 'great strategic fit' for the airline’s network.

SunExpress is using Route Exchange’s RFP feature to expand its network in the British Isles.

VPs and Heads of Network Planning will utilise the event to focus on route development and plan for the next summer season.

SunExpress is resuming service between the Turkish city of Izmir and Dortmund, Germany.

Twenty-three new routes are planned for the summer season, including flights from Antalya to Beirut, Ljubljana and Tel Aviv.

Eurowings is taking over a route left without service following the closure of SunExpress Deutschland.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

A new event is being launched by Routes which will provide an innovative platform for the aviation industry to rebuild air services in the post-pandemic era.

Leisure carrier SunExpress is closing its German division as part of a restructuring to focus on the Turkish tourism market.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Europe’s biggest carriers, including Lufthansa, Ryanair, British Airways and easyJet, will be attending the event to negotiate their future route networks.

This week: Airbus hits 100 milestone from US factory, Rigail named new Air France CEO, SunExpress increases capacity and more.

Accra and other West-African markets are on the radar for SunExpress thanks to the delivery of new Boeing 737 MAXs.

Senior network planners from more than 100 of the world’s leading carriers will be accepting meeting requests when scheduling opens.

This week we profile Routes Africa 2018 attendee SunExpress, the Turkish airline based in Antalya.

Air Zimbabwe, Kenya Airways and Wizz Air have recently registered for Africa’s longest standing and most established aviation forum.

Airlines need to be the ‘master of their own destiny’ to ensure they can continue to operate in a post-Brexit environment, according to Jochen Schnadt, the chief commercial officer for British regional airline bmi. His comments come as Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has secured a UK air operator certificate to help safeguard flights once Britain leaves the EU.

Drones are increasingly likely to be used in a future terrorist attack on Europe's commercial aviation, industry professionals have warned.

Some of the biggest names in European aviation are set to debate the industry’s future this April at Bilbao conference