Home Transport Aviation SunExpress launches direct flight between Dubai, Izmir This is the second Turkish route the carrier now operates into Dubai International by Zainab Mansoor November 16, 2022 Turkey-headquartered airline SunExpress has recently launched a new direct service between Dubai and Izmir. The new connection was added to Dubai International (DXB)’s growing list of destinations. This is the second Turkish route the carrier now operates into DXB after it launched scheduled operations to Antalya in September earlier this year, Dubai Airports said in a statement on Wednesday. SunExpress is operating three weekly flights to both the tourist hotspots on a B737-800 aircraft with a 189-seat capacity. Meanwhile, Turkey is among the top 10 destination countries for DXB, with more than 680,000 passengers recorded during the first half of 2022. DXB itself recorded 27,884,888 million passengers in the first half of the year, just 1.2 million shy of the airport’s total annual traffic last year. Read: Dubai’s DXB records 27.9 million passengers in first six months of the year Tags Antalya Dubai Izmir SunExpress Turkey 0 Comments You might also like Ellington Properties’ CEO on trends driving Dubai’s real estate sector TECOM to buy commercial asset in Dubai Internet City for Dhs720m Why HNWIs are flocking to Dubai’s real estate development management sector Global Surfaces unveils Dhs100m manufacturing facility in Jafza