Lufthansa–Turkish Airlines joint venture operating Europe–Turkey holiday and family routes
SunExpress operates as a 1,001–5,000-person airline jointly owned by Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, with dual headquarters in Antalya and Frankfurt. The tech stack—SAP, Jira, UiPath, Qlik, Power Platform—reflects a traditional enterprise operations footprint; active adoption of RPA signals effort to automate high-friction processes (invoice control, compliance remediation, turnaround time). The hiring mix leans operations-heavy, with security and compliance roles appearing across seniority levels, matching documented pain around safety and non-compliance management.
SunExpress is a joint venture airline founded in 1989 to connect Europe and Türkiye through direct routes serving holiday destinations and diaspora reconnection. The airline operates more than 4,500 employees across Antalya (primary hub), Izmir, and Frankfurt. Core operations span wet-lease and damp-lease planning, fleet management, maintenance, crew scheduling, and compliance—supported by SAP for ERP, Qlik for analytics, and emerging RPA tooling. Revenue and scale are tied to passenger volume on European–Turkish routes and charter operations.
SAP (ERP and SuccessFactors), Qlik (analytics and Qlik Sense), UiPath (RPA), Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate), Jira (project management), Microsoft 365, ABAP, and KNIME. The company is adopting RPA to reduce operational friction.
Dual headquarters: Antalya, Muratpaşa (primary operations hub) and Gateway Gardens, Frankfurt am Main (secondary headquarters). Key operational hub also in Izmir.
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