The airline sunday will be based at Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) will not reopen for the upcoming 2025/26 winter season. The capacity affected by this decision will instead be reallocated to other scheduled flight routes of the airline, as reported by the industry service "CH-Aviation." This means that Sundair is withdrawing from important winter flight destinations from the Westphalian airport.
The suspension of operations at FMO particularly affects connections to the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Tenerife South, as well as to the Egyptian resort of Hurghada. Sundair operated these routes in the 2024/25 winter season with Airbus A319 Sundair itself did not provide any specific details about the reasons for this withdrawal. Industry insiders speculate about possible factors such as insufficient capacity utilization, strategic realignment, or an optimization of overall flight operations.
As a result of this decision, Münster/Osnabrück Airport will have to accept a gap in its service to classic winter holiday destinations. For travelers from the region, this means they will have to switch to other departure airports or airlines for these destinations. According to CH-Aviation, Sundair currently operates a fleet of three Airbus A320s. The subsidiary Fly Air 41 Airways supplements its capacities with four Airbus A319s and two Airbus A320s.
The concentration of capacity on other routes could indicate that Sundair wants to use its resources more efficiently to increase profitability across its entire route network. Such schedule adjustments are not uncommon in the seasonal aviation industry and are intended to respond to changing market conditions and demand patterns.