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MARCUS SCHNABEL APPOINTED AS CEO OF SUNEXPRESS AIRLINES, SUCCEEDING MAX KOWNATZKI

December 11, 2025

- The Board of Directors of SunExpress appoints Marcus Schnabel as the new Chief Executive Officer effective from 1^st February, 2026.  Marcus Schnabel succeeds Max Kownatzki, who will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of Eurowings - Details

• July 21, 2021
  

  SunExpress Board of Directors extends CEO Max Kownatzki’s term

  SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa announced that the Board of Directors extended Max Kownatzki as Chief Executive Officer of SunExpress for an indefinite term. Kownatzki joined the leisure airline as CEO in April 2020.
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