Sun Country Airlines is offering two new coastal destinations for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport travelers starting later this summer.
Sun Country adds new California, New England destinations from MSP
Direct flights to Monterey and Manchester begin in August.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
February 20, 2024 at 10:40PM
The Minneapolis-based carrier will begin offering direct flights to Monterey, Calif., and Manchester, N.H., starting Aug. 8.
Monterey, on California’s Central Coast, is home to a world-famous aquarium and a number of golf courses, including Pebble Beach. It’s also within a 2½-hour drive of the Bay Area and along the scenic Pacific Coast Highway.
Manchester, New Hampshire’s largest city, is 55 miles north of Boston and is a popular gateway to touring fall colors in the Northeast. It’s also about a 1½-hour drive to Portland, Maine.
Sun Country will offer flights from MSP to more than 100 destinations this year, giving “customers and community an unparalleled breadth of destinations for a leisure airline,” Grant Whitney, senior vice president and chief revenue officer, said in a news release Tuesday.
The airline will also offer limited service to Atlanta and Austin, Texas, starting in March as Sun Country makes use of charter-flight positioning.
Last fall, the low-cost carrier added 10 routes, including Toronto and Montreal, as well as seasonal flights to Montana, Idaho, New Mexico and elsewhere.
The second-busiest air carrier at MSP behind Delta, Sun Country aims to attract leisure travelers and has a sizable charter and cargo business. The company posted a record $1 billion in revenue last year and quadrupled its profits to $72 million.
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