In the eyes of some Minnesota travelers, Sun Country forfeited decades of goodwill with its rapid transition to a budget airline: Goodbye first class seats and onboard cheeseburgers, hello higher […]
Sun Country’s Newest Route is its Shortest: Just 85 Miles Long
Sun Country just added a new Midwestern city to its route map … and it won’t take too long to get there from its Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) hub. The Minnesota-based […]
Sun Country Snafus Leave Travelers Stuck for Days in Vancouver
Sun Country spent months drumming up anticipation for its brand-new route between Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) and Vancouver (YVR), advertising one-way fares as low as $39 before launching its first-ever flight […]
Software Outage Grounds Sun Country Flights; Other Airlines Affected?
Several early morning Sun Country flights were canceled Monday as the airline faulted yet another third-party software outage for a holiday travel disruption that could be affecting airlines nationwide. Word […]
Dozens of Sun Country Flights Grounded, Delayed Due to Outage
Dozens of Sun Country flights were delayed for hours on Thursday due to what the Minnesota-based carrier called a third-party software outage, leaving hundreds of travelers stuck at the airport […]
Sun Country Expands in the Midwest, Adds 6 New Minneapolis Routes
Weeks after taking the airline public in a successful initial public offering (IPO), Minnesota-based low-cost carrier Sun Country Airlines announced a major expansion Tuesday with a slew of new routes […]
Sun Country Shares Soar as the Minnesota Airline Goes Public
Shares of Sun Country soared by more than 50% Wednesday as the Minnesota-based low-cost carrier followed through with its plan to take the airline public, closing more than $12 above […]
Sun Country Files Paperwork to Take the Airline Public
Minnesota’s tiny low-cost carrier Sun Country filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to take the airline public. It’s a drastic move for the privately owned carrier especially […]
Flyin’ Biden? Minnesota’s Sun Country Involved in Flights for Inauguration
Minnesota’s tiny hometown carrier Sun Country is playing a part in getting President-Elect Joe Biden’s team to Washington, D.C. for his inauguration on Wednesday. As JetTip.net first noticed, two Sun […]
VIDEO: What’s It Like to Fly Sun Country During COVID-19?
Almost every aspect of the flying experience has changed during the pandemic. And that even extends to low-cost carriers like Sun Country. Just like fellow budget carrier Spirit Airlines, Sun […]
Sun Country Cuts 7% of Workforce as COVID-19 Hammers Airlines
Less than a week after the nation’s largest airlines furloughed tens of thousands of workers, Minnesota’s budget carrier Sun Country is cutting 7% of its workforce, according to an internal […]
Sun Country Leans on Quick Response, Cargo to Weather Coronavirus
Airlines across the globe have been shellacked by coronavirus, posting multi-billion dollar losses as travel demand has all but disappeared. Yet tiny Sun Country – Minnesota’s hometown airline turned low-cost […]