Sun Country Air

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. operates Sun Country Airlines, an American ultra-low-cost airline that deploys shared resources across its scheduled service, charter and cargo businesses. It focuses on serving leisure and visiting friends and relatives (VFR) passengers and charter customers and providing crew, maintenance and insurance (CMI) services. Today, the airline has established itself as a leisure carrier and cargo operator for Amazon. The Amazon partnership allowed Sun Country to supplement seasonal leisure revenue and made its 2021 IPO possible at a time when airline stocks were still struggling. Today, Sun Country Airlines is the US' 11th-largest airline by passengers carried, but it's better known for its pandemic success and diversified business model.

As of March 2022, Sun Country Airlines flies to 81 destinations and operates more than 100 routes throughout the Caribbean, United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America. Many Sun Country destinations are seasonally served as demand grows and falls throughout the year. The airline additionally provides charter service for the United States Armed Forces and NCAA football teams.

Sun Country has interline agreements with China Airlines, Condor, EVA Air, Hawaiian Airlines, and Icelandair.

Sun Country Airlines' fleet consists of 54 Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft (as of Jul 2022). The airline plans to add eight aircraft to its fleet by 2022, with orders of six to seven planes annually thereafter. It provides low-fare passenger airline service primarily to leisure and VFR travelers.

Sun Country now offers three variations of economy seats: Best, Better, and Standard.

Skytrax expert writes: “Sun Country is a ULCC but offers free soft drinks, USB charging & streaming IFE on most aircraft. Legroom is 29-30″ on standard seats and 34″ for Best seats. Buy-on-board snacks are limited in choice but are fair value, the selection of alcohol is more extensive and often includes some interesting products. Staff service is often above average and quite attentive, but this does lack consistency.”

Sun Country Airlines was established in June 1982 and is based in Minneapolis-St Paul Airport, its hub. The airline first took to the skies in January 1983 using a Boeing 727-200. The carrier was founded by former employees of Braniff Airlines, which shut down the same year and quickly entered the leisure market.

Sun Country Airlines is certified as a 3-Star Low-Cost Airline by Skytrax for the quality of its airport and onboard product and staff service. Product rating includes cabin comfort, baggage/seat charges, buy onboard food & beverages, cabin cleanliness, and service rating for cabin and ground staff.