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Sun Country-Allegiant merger raises stakes for airline competition at MSP
The deal would give Jude Bricker a payout of more than $9 million as the combined airline seeks scale against larger rivals, the Star Tribune reported.
Five years ago, Sun Country Airlines entered a fortuitous partnership flying cargo for Amazon just as the COVID-19 pandemic brought global air travel to a near halt. That contract kept the Minnesota airline afloat while its ultra-low-cost peers struggled. And…
Allegiant Air announced the final closure of the acquisition of Sun Country Airlines, thus making one of the most recent operations within the low-cost airline segment in the United States. The transaction, originally announced in January, was valued at approximately $1.5 billion, including debt. Las Vegas-based company [...]