Sun Country Airlines has debuted their first-ever custom aircraft livery celebrating Minnesota Golden Gopher Athletics. The carrier was named the Official Airline of Gopher Athletics in 2023.
On Saturday (December 21, 2024), Sun Country Airlines announced the debut of their first-ever custom aircraft livery celebrating Minnesota Golden Gopher Athletics. The carrier has flown nearly 500 charter flights for the university’s sports teams since 2012, and was named the Official Airline of Gopher Athletics in 2023. This is the first custom livery design in Sun Country’s fleet of 43 passenger aircraft. The aircraft is scheduled to take the Gopher football team to the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. on Monday, December 30, 2024.
In Saturday’s announcement, Sun Country Airlines’ SVP and Chief Revenue Officer, Grant Whitney, said,
“Sun Country is proud to debut this aircraft design that illustrates our hometown pride and longstanding partnership between two iconic Minnesota organizations. We look forward to continuing our multi-year partnership with Gopher Athletics and will root for them for years to come. Customers and Gopher fans will see this aircraft, which is tail number 809, on many routes throughout our network. Our history with Gopher Athletics presented a great opportunity for us to finally create a custom livery that our hometown will be excited about.”
Also commenting on the continuing charter collaboration and new aircraft livery, Minnesota Senior Associate Athletic Director, Mike Wierzbicki, added,
“This is a tremendous extension between two proud Minnesota brands. We take great pride in our relationship with Sun Country. They have been a tremendous partner, and we are excited for Minnesota fans and college sports fans to see the Minnesota Block M and Maroon and Gold flying all over the country.”
Founded in 1983, Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ: SNCY) has evolved into a new breed of hybrid low-cost carrier. The award-winning Minneapolis-St. Paul based airline has distinguished itself as a leader in leisure travel over their 40 years of service. Sun Country offers low fares and safe, reliable, nonstop service on 120 routes to 104 airports across the U.S., Mexico, Central America, Canada and the Caribbean. Additionally, the carrier offers services through their Sun Country Charters and Sun Country Vacations divisions and operates cargo CMI services for Amazon.
Source: Sun Country Airlines/Globe Newswire