Sun Country Airlines is a small-scaled airline company located at Mendota Heights, Minnesota, USA
Sun Country has its beginning in the year 1982. It started it professional career as a leisure-trip airline. At the very outset, the airline owned only one plane, a Boeing 727-200. The foundation of the airline was a collaboration of Captain Jim Olsen and MLT Vacations which had 51% shares of company. Afterwards, another plane Boeing 727-227 was added to the fleet and the airline expanded the network of its destinations a little further. At present, Sun Country Airlines owns nine planes in its fleet. They are Boeing 737-800 9, 737-800 aircraft, N810SY, N807SY, N808SY and N809SY. On account of its fleet size, Sun Country Airlines does not enjoy the status of a huge international or regional airline company of the world. The network of its destinations is also very limited. The total number of destinations is 31. Most of its destinations are domestic and regional and the airline does not fly to far-off places in the world. Under the supervision of its CEO Jay Salmen and COO Steve Spellman, Sun Country Airlines is engaged in maintaining its prestige as a reliable commercial airline of the region.
Sun Country Airlines deals only with scheduled and charter flights in a specific region. Its operational network includes destinations in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is only one international airport which is under the use of Sun Country Airlines as its main hub while the airline uses Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as its focus city in the whole of the United States of America. Sun Country Airlines is administrated by its parent company, Petters Group Worldwide. The headquarters of the company is located at Mendota Heights, Minnesota – the United States of America. Sun Country Airlines is rated among the low-airfare airlines of the United States of America. It offers comparatively the most affordable travel packages to its customers for its specific routes. This concentration of airfare makes it the choice of many people who are conscious of heavy expanses on air travel and cannot afford it.
Sun Country Airlines has created distinctions in its frequent flyer program also. More recently, the airline introduced ‘Sun Country VIP Club’ and ‘Ufly’ under the head of its frequent flyer program. ‘Sun Country VIP Club’ is unique offer of the airline for all those who travel very often with the airline. The membership of this club costs only $99 and $12 per month for an individual and family respectively. Against such affordable membership fee, the airline gives surprising discounts on your air tickets per mile traveled by you. This special offer is available on both the domestic and the international travel tickets. The privileges of the membership are not restricted to concessions on air tickets but the members are given special reception on ground as well as on board. If you are a Sun Country VIP member, you can have discounts on hotel reservation, car rental and many other facilities at the time of check-in and check-out. The details of flight schedule and destinations can be had from the website of the airline. The website also has much more information about the airline’s services and the facilities on board. |