The History of Sun Country Airlines

[@EthanPricco]

I live in Minneapolis and this video came as a huge surprise to me. I’ve only flown this airline once, and it was back in 2009. It truly is a neat little airline. I appreciate you making this video.

[@brien1254]

My hometown airline ❤️ besides North West of course.

[@fish411]

Yeah RIP NorthWest

[@brianglodosky5152]

MSP MSP

[@MatthewMKF]

YOOOO MSP

[@NoahTheeAviator]

I was born in minnesota RIP northwest but we still have sun country

[@ThisHandleIsNotTaken.]

Sun Country is a beautiful airline. In fact, I saw one take off from LAX

[@CreightonRabs]

Even more interesting is how they're evolving into a ULCC within the US. I'm starting to see more Sun Country flights into and out of DFW Airport, especially to Cancun. Definitely an interesting airline to say the least.

[@AlbertCalis]

This video helped answer a question that was burning my mind for months: One day I saw a 737 with the Transavia livery landing at MIA, and I was confused as Transavia is a Dutch low-cost carrier that doesn't fly into the US. Thanks to this video, I now know that it was a 737 leased to Sun Country (which does fly into MIA) but still with the Transavia livery. Thanks very much Mr. DJ!

[@vaughnwohclam3226]

As a viewer from Minnesota I LOVE this video!! Thank you for showing some love to Sun Country Airlines!!!!

[@20somthingdrifter11]

New livery is so goddy, I like the old livery, and by that I mean the blue livery, because I remember as a kid fly on the 727's and MD-10's with the really old white livery that just said sun country. I also think they should go back to naming there planes after MN lakes, that was a nice touch that gave the airline a bit more personality that other budget carriers.

[@conroythomas2443]

Do a video on air Jamaica and why it failed

[@LacoteCohen]

I've been asking for that also

[@nolantherailfan5048]

Me to

[@markiangooley]

Used to fly Sun Country whenever I wanted to go to Minneapolis from Florida. Apart from their using the less desirable terminal at MSP, I never had any complaints. Sort of limited usefulness if one doesn’t live near Minneapolis.

[@andysorensen1737]

The Humphrey Terminal has really stepped up their game in recent years; the eventual plan is for all non-Sky Team carriers to move over there but we’ll see when/if that happens.

[@brianglodosky5152]

Ok so took a flight on delta from Minneapolis to Tampa on delta and it was good too🤔

[@Safa-vy8xy]

@@brianglodosky5152 delta is terminal 1/lindberg at msp

[@MatthewMKF]

@@brianglodosky5152 ofc term 1 is one of the best in the country

[@reedreinfeld3737]

HOMETOWN AIRLINE!!!!

[@DavidGlover555]

You did a video of my hometown airline! So happy! Sun Country is a pretty great Low Cost Carrier. And who doesn’t like those fresh livery’s?

[@haydengrotz2748]

Cool to see viewers from the midwest. I live right on IA MM border.

[@DavidGlover555]

Same!

[@MatthewMKF]

love msp

[@ryan______9018]

I'm not a fan the new tidepod liverly, I think the old livery and the iterum liverly were far better, more classy. I also wish they had continued the practice of naming their aircraft after lakes, it was a nice little touch that gave the airline some personality.

[@JohnChvatalGSTV]

Cool! My cousin flies for Sun Country Airlines.

[@splilia1974]

I’ve only flew sun country like twice, I see them every day, I live RIGHT next to MSP airport, it’s loud, but it’s nice to think that it’s like a decendent of northwest

[@aircanada0015]

I really like their new livery!

[@aarontheaviationaddict3643]

The Sun Country livery looks beautiful, not gonna lie!

[@JJ_Skippy]

Nice! Always love seeing things about the closest hometown airline to me! Their maiden flight was from LAS-FSD back in January 1983.

[@sizzlemann]

I fly Sun Country from LAX to MSP regularly. I prefer this airline over the others as it's always a nonstop and uses the Humphrey terminal. Love it! The Humphrey terminal is much less crowded and I can get in and out of the airport much faster. In the past, I've booked economy and then get to the airport early. Sometimes there may be some first class seats for around 100 dollars more. I always get one if available. Nice little perk

[@kiliksmith4624]

I’ve actually seen Sun Country when I went to Augusta Georgia. It was on a five mile final and flew over very low! It was awesome because that’s when I was first made aware of its existence. This was about 4 years ago.

[@travelsofmunch1476]

YEEEES! So glad u covered this fascinating airline

[@aerospacerules1883]

I really did not expect this

[@_AviationJohn]

Very nice video about Sun Country. Flew onboard with them just this year and they are a pretty great airline to fly and you don't have to pay much.

[@jakebclaridge8311]

Amazing video! Tbh I forgot there was a such airline

[@ofooda]

My favorite airline

[@edwardc84]

Yes!! I love this genre of videos in your catalog!

[@MS-37]

Ha. Never thought you’d talk about sun country

[@cerithomas99]

Welcome to the UK! I hope you find success here!

[@frankmarchio8865]

My hometown!!

[@CJetsPlanespotting]

Lovely video! I have always loved their neat, vibrant livery.

[@j.r.giesecke4887]

I work at MSP airport. Love to see a lot of clips of my workplace. Would you consider doing a video on different airports. Also maybe airlines of the past. (Northwest?) Thank you much, I do love this channel.

[@fish411]

Thanks for your work! MSP is a great airport

[@SkyHighGuys]

This was actually fascinating. Thanks for making it :)

[@DominicJewell-p2e]

Didn't know this airline exited, but clicked on the video anyway. Looked interesting 😎

[@splilia1974]

Northwest anyone?

[@jasondasilva2860]

Can you do Caribbean Airlines or JetBlue

[@CatBoiAnimationsIsEpic]

I saw one once at a local airport and thought it was a southwest! XD

[@anonymoussos8893]

Love Sun country I fly it often

[@Stevenluker]

This is a really interesting topic and how it started and history with it

[@raahimhadi4905]

*DJ's Aviation*

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

How many people are you. Scary ✈️🇬🇧👨‍✈️🍀🇺🇸👩‍✈️💗

[@slay47808]

I always wanted to know more about them, since I started seeing them fly out of HNL! Was very shocked the first time I saw it. I love these short videos.

[@buckshot6481]

Was not aware of them, seems they took inspiration for livery from Southwest. Cheers.

[@georgew2014]

It's interesting that they've kept the color scheme of the old Braniff livery. And also the wild patterns.

[@tomstarzeck7137]

Nice to see this video as I just took my first suncountry trip from Nashville to Minneapolis.. nonstop :)

[@MarktheSharkC]

I would like to know about Eastern Airlines. How big,fleet,downfall and who gobbled them up.

[@northguy9761]

Great video, I knew very little about Sun Country. Nice to know that former Braniff employees had another airline to move to after it ceased operations.

[@yingcluk]

I flow with Sun Country back in 2000 in my college years, and it's good to know they are still running.

[@HirosAviation]

Very good airline for the price! Nice video DJ

[@takeoffaviation7461]

Hiro's Aviation hi Hiro 👋

[@HirosAviation]

Hi Jason

[@zacharyoschmann8714]

I have flown the transvania, Aeromexico, and the normal ones and am going to fly them in November

[@Southwest_923WR]

Thanks for information on Sun Country! I knew there history, as I am a huge fan of Braniff International .( the original) I was hoping you would do some video's on U.S. carriers, since you mainly concentrate on foreign carriers,( to me, I'm in Dallas, Texas, USA.) and you picked a good one, and like you said "little known about" one like S.C. Thanks again, enjoy your new home, and keep up the excellent work!

[@emreva1357]

I work with Sun Country Airlines so seeing this was interesting as I didn't know a lot of the history

[@bayareaaviation17]

Great Video!! I love there new livery and hope that a Gemini Jets Plane comes out with the livery You should do more of these there great!!😀😀✈️✈️

[@LacoteCohen]

A review of Air Jamaica would be much appreciated

[@traviskerner1535]

Literally just heard of sun country last week and I’m from the US....

[@benp6997]

Videos like this would be massively improved if you showed some footage of the things you are talking about, for example the sun country dc10 when you're talking about it :)

[@afcgeo882]

Ben Pecover He needs rights to post photos he didn’t take.

[@benp6997]

@@afcgeo882 It must be possible somehow, other youtubers do it

[@Aviatial]

The only way I ever found about this airline was on Aerofly (IOS) the 737-500 has Sun Country livery. Never knew much about the airline, so thanks DJ!!

[@C2K777]

@winginit paul lucas did a review of them recently( ish) just b4 they ditched the business class on their planes and moved to all econ. I live in the UK and even I have an affection for them via friends who live in Minnesota.

[@nonstopet981]

Do a video on Bahamasair

[@wanderlustspirit4607]

I almost had to fly on sun country once. I’m glad I got a seat on the airline I work for instead.

[@locoHAWAIIANkane]

Love their livery and seeing them in Hawaii skies!

[@steveamsp]

As another person pointed out earlier, the real change for Sun Country came a couple years ago when they moved from a semi-low cost airline with fantastic service, to a true low-cost carrier. That move pushed them most of the way off my list, but when they stranded a flight of people in Mexico a year and a half ago, they were added to my "no-way, no-how" list. There was a snowstorm that shut down the Minneapolis/St Paul airport for a weekend, and it was the last weekend of the year for their scheduled service to/from Mexico. Their plane wasn't able to get out, so they cancelled the flight and left people on vacation stuck in another country entirely. Until the ownership changes, and they completely do away with their current plans, you'd have to hold a gun to my head to get me to fly Sun Country any more. It's a shame, too, because in the past, they provided a reasonable alternative to Delta out of MSP that I generally took whenever it worked out.

[@tylerk24]

I fly on their route to Gulfport/ Biloxi MS in the fall to visit family. I have always had a nice flight with them.

[@lumberc]

Now this is a good airline history video!!

[@fayisameer7600]

Do a video about the etihad a350-1000 that has been painted fully and is at Toulouse

[@rubiksmater9624]

My hometown airline

[@waveyloo]

Where are my fellow Minnesotans?

[@joeyleagjeld]

Sun country has started to get a bad rep from many Minnesotans lately. After the company got their new CEO there were many changes and events such as leaving passengers stranded in other airports and many occasions where they have left the whole plane of luggage behind. There are many Minnesotans choosing other airlines now, and they have lost their respect for the hometown airline.

[@afcgeo882]

joey leagjeld It’s a true ULCC now!

[@rodrigoborges3653]

Make about TAP Air Portugal

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

They have georgous new Airbus Neo. At Manchester I think I’m getting on it next year lucky me to go to wedding in Portugal from UK🍀👨‍✈️🇬🇧✈️🇺🇸👩‍✈️

[@jethrolloyd4108]

I fly SY all the time. Small airline with a lot of amazing flight attendants and pilots

[@arthurbaz2]

Great video, just missed some old pictures! Would love to see the DC-10 in that livery, it seems very odd to me

[@geece1]

They also flew those DC-10s into Atlantic City (ACY)

[@leannestrong1000]

I was surprised when I first learned that Sun Country is headquartered in Minnesota. Minnesota doesn't strike me as being a stereotypically sunny state. My first guess would have been either Florida or California, as they both seem to be among the most stereotypically sunny states.

[@lavalampluva55401]

Since the video was made SY now has a cargo fleet which Amazon is making use of.

[@isaacmirage6696]

Why does the first plane have a Transavia logo?

[@afcgeo882]

Isaac Mirage As said in the video, Sun Country leases a lot of aircraft from Transavia. That one hadn’t been painted yet.

[@jrwoodson3927]

Them sun conutry DC 10 didn't have any loader you had to stack the baggage. It could be a hundred and ten degree out side.

[@musaddequeh]

Video for Biman Bangladesh Airlines please

[@91_C4_FL]

It’ll be interesting to see where Sun Country will be in the next decade. Pure speculation, but with their new business model I can see them getting together with either Moxy or Allegiant.

[@ezioauditore392]

My girlfriend lives in Minneapolis and this airline looks promising for frequent visits

[@CaptShami]

Jason (Takeoff Aviation, on yt) nice job with scripting the video.

[@PlanesAndGames732]

History of VARIG please

[@wardogies]

Well if they ever get bought out southwest west should get them

[@GhostRider-hx1wn]

What up!?

[@nolantherailfan5048]

I miss the DC-10

[@isaacn7492]

My house is the closest to the headquarters/hangers right by MSP airport you can see a tail fin of a 737.

[@osvaldo17924]

Please do Mexicana

[@JuanDiaz-ed3lo]

They fly to Mia too nice carrier. 😃

[@mmarkkozo]

why don't you use NATO phonetic alphabet though

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Never heard of such an Airline before thankyou indeed🇺🇸👨‍✈️🍀🇬🇧✈️👩‍✈️💗

[@traceatkinson8474]

History on southwest?

[@MOHDIRFAN-xc1yr]

I never heard of it 🤔🤔

[@soloclips3634]

great vid

[@Simon_2020]

Hey I know Jason

[@takeoffaviation7461]

I also know Jason.

[@sd8313]

How do you find a way to post your vids exactly at midnight my time, like not even a minute off (this video was uploaded at 12:00 am, I am commenting at 20 minutes old.

[@MagicalBacon]

Can’t you schedule a certain time to release your video?

[@SchnellTim]

No way. Sun Country is *not* a great airline these days. I’m surprised you didn’t cover the change in management. A former Allegiant exec is now the CEO for Sun Country

[@JohnChvatalGSTV]

Yes... Agreed! I commented above with some additional facts.

[@abdullahmaligai5865]

is it just me or does their logo remind you of snapple

[@Junior2uu]

4th lol 😂

[@cpkiwi74]

They should move to florida

[@soloclips3634]

first

[@tobyprice1092]

TAAG?

[@tribemayamex]

dumb airline they forgot to add the gate number on the screen at dallas airport and missed my flight. the airport is so large that it was not easy to find help at all. they just want to offer $50 credit with that i cant get a fair to cancun.

[@chef9576]

Hey Dj! When are you doing a history of any Iranian airlines?

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Iran is not a country you can enter without a visa and if your gay it would be rejected probably sadly🇬🇧🍀✈️👨‍✈️👩‍✈️🇺🇸

[@chef9576]

Elaine Blackhurst incorrect people from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, China, Egypt, Georgia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Syria, Turkey, and Venezuela can enter Iran visa free and plus all tourists can stay on Kish and Qeshm Islands for 14 days without a visa, most countries in the Middle East don’t allow gays, do your research before you write ignorant things like this in the future

[@lucascalma605]

Request: Do a video of the Japanese budget carrier Vanilla Air and why it's ceasing operations

[@deanl4575]

Lucas Calma It’s more like merging with another budget airline called Peach. They’re also both owned by ANA.

[@lucascalma605]

@@deanl4575 I know that. I'm just asking DJ's Aviation to do a video on Vanilla Air merging with Peach

[@splilia1974]

Do you guys remember hooters airlines?