New Northern Cyprus air link from Stansted
Turkish low cost carrier SunExpress is to serve Ercan in Northern Cyprus from Stansted this summer.
The airline, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, will fly to Izmir and onto Northern Cyprus twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from April 28.
Flights will depart from Stansted at 18.20 and fly to Izmir to arrive just after midnight local time (00.05). Passengers for Ercan will remain in transit and using the same aircraft fly onwards to Northern Cyprus at 00.45 to land in Ercan at 02.10.
Services from Ercan to the UK will depart at 13.20 and from Izmir at 15.30. The services are scheduled to land at Stansted at 17.25.
The new route is in addition to twice-weekly flights to Antalya from Stansted launched in February.
Lead-in fares between Stansted and Turkey start from £49 one-way including taxes and charges.
The airline’s commercial director Michael Buck said: “It is always a challenge to launch a new airline and new routes into a market, but we have been delighted by the response in the UK from both the travel trade and our passengers to SunExpress and the Antalya service. Over 80% of our customers on the route have been UK residents.
“With summer just around the corner we feel it is the right time to expand our activities in the UK and launch these two additional routes from London Stansted to Izmir and Ercan.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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