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Sun Country

IATA Code
SY
ICAO Code
SCX
Corporate Address
MN Airlines LLC
d/b/a Sun Country Airlines
1300 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Website
http://www.suncountry.com
Main hub
Minneapolis St Paul International Airport
Country
United States
Business model
Low Cost Carrier
Association Membership
ALPA

Sun Country Airlines is an American airline with its base at Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport, Minnesota. Formed by retrenched Braniff pilots in 1982, it operated as a leisure charter operation until 1999, when it commenced domestic and international scheduled services. Privately owned, it is a hybrid LCC airline, operating mainly on seasonal leisure routes to destinations in the USA, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. It provides a first class offering on its B737 aircraft, as well as a no-frills economy offering.

Location of Sun Country main hub (Minneapolis St Paul International Airport)

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US carriers gain access to their strongholds through new Washington National slot allocation

17-May-12 5:34 PM

Four US carriers have won rights to launch flights from slot-controlled Washington Reagan National Airport to serve markets where they are dominant or have a strong presence. Southwest Airlines and Virgin America are gaining access to National for the first time, while JetBlue will expand its blossoming presence at the airport. The new services should usher in some fare rationalisation in those markets as the carriers seek to challenge United’s dominance in the Washington market from its hub at Dulles International Airport, which is about 56km from National.

US lawmakers in the latest FAA Reauthorisation bill signed into law earlier this year included a provision freeing up four outside perimeter (beyond 2,011km) slot pairs for new entrant or limited incumbent carriers at National, which is located only about 6km from the US capitol. Carriers already having an ability to operate flights outside the perimeter were also allowed to trade in a single pair of inside perimeter slots for new outside perimeter service. A slot pair consists of one take-off and one landing slot.

Southwest CEO, Gary Kelly Should Southwest buy Sun Country? Stifel Nicolaus analyst Hunter Keay thinks so

22-Sep-10 5:49 PM

Stifel Nicolaus analyst Hunter Keay had the news wires burning over the weekend after he suggested that the next logical merger would be the acquisition of Sun Country Airlines by Southwest Airlines.

Republic Airways CEO, Bryan Bedford Wyoming group interested in Lynx Aviation

25-May-10 4:39 PM

Perhaps taking a cue from Republic Airways Holdings' first quarter conference call, during which management said it wants to sell Lynx Aviation either in part or in whole, a group of former airline executives announced they were interested in buying the subsidiary of Frontier Airlines, which was set to shut down in autumn.

Southwest CEO, Gary Kelly Southwest Airlines enjoying healthy load factor gains

7-Sep-09 5:35 PM

Southwest reported 3% year-on-year decline in passenger traffic in Aug-2009, to 7.5 million passengers, while traffic (RPMs) increased 1%, on a 6.1% reduction in capacity. This resulted in a 5.6 ppts increase in load factor for the month, to 80.2% - the second consecutive month of very healthy load factor gains for the LCC.

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