A Sun Country 737-700 at Miami. Photo: Andrew Thon - OPShots.net
In the last six months, Sun Country Airlines has picked up new planes, new employees and new routes. It soon will have new owners.
In a bankruptcy filing of the estate of onetime Sun Country owner Tom Petters, trustee Doug Kelley says he “anticipates accepting a letter of intent” from outside parties to acquire the Twin Cities-based carrier.
Neither the identity of the purchaser nor a purchase price is disclosed in the document.
A sale could offer stability to the airline, its employees and passengers after a bumpy two-plus years under the auspices of the federal bankruptcy court, from which it officially emerged Feb. 23.
