[Scan-DC] Sun Country Airlines 737-800s at DCA

[Andrew Clegg]

Apparently they start serving IAD on April 25th. Out of curiosity, I just tried to book a flight to Seattle, but I get a weird result. If I leave Dulles on June 12th, there are no return flights available until September 9th. Guess I'm going to need a bigger suitcase.

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From: Blair Thompson <b_thom at rocketmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 2:51 PM
To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net; Andrew Clegg
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Sun Country Airlines 737-800s at DCA

Sorry. I forgot to note that Sun Country Airlines does not serve DCA.

Oh, the plot thickens:

https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSun_Country_Airlines&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce3480f588da647f7865c08d6c365bac9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636911239017491130&amp;sdata=pZJOK%2BhH63pheWcmxjHgFiYGky8gjoOdgF5r7riLa78%3D&amp;reserved=0

https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_Sun_Country_Airlines_destinations&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce3480f588da647f7865c08d6c365bac9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636911239017501141&amp;sdata=OSKT7ulPL%2BNoAfI6IVP5KdKqP1murK35H7R8ZgVq1Ec%3D&amp;reserved=0

United States   Washington D.C. District of Columbia    IAD     KIAD    Dulles International Airport    Begins April 25, 2019 [7]

https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.suncountry.com%2FAbout%2FNews%2F2019-1-8.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce3480f588da647f7865c08d6c365bac9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636911239017501141&amp;sdata=o%2FdFlcZT9OS8IdGFghz8vms5tmt2Df8Dfxn6X23Hh7Y%3D&amp;reserved=0

>>>>>
SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES ANNOUNCES 19 NEW NONSTOP ROUTES, THE LARGEST NETWORK EXPANSION IN THE COMPANY'S HISTORY

The full list of new seasonal routes:

>From Minneapolis (MSP)

Dulles International Airport (IAD)
Service starts April 25, 2019
Operates 4x/week initially on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, with daily service beginning June 10, 2019.
One-way fares start as low as $69*
>>>>>

Planespotters looking for that rare venue have a short time to see the aircraft at DCA.

737-800s are operating normally, right? They're not part of the 737 MAX brouhaha? I had thought that maybe that was why they were at DCA, but apparently not.

I'm not on any planespotter lists, but anyone who is, if this is of any use, please post it there too.

Thanks.
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On Wed, 4/17/19, Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Sun Country Airlines 737-800s at DCA
 To: "Blair Thompson" <b_thom at rocketmail.com>
 Cc: "Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
 Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 2:43 PM

 What is the significance of Sun
 Country Airlines?

 > On Apr 17, 2019, at
 2:29 PM, Blair Thompson via Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
 wrote:
 >
 > I
 don't know how come I didn't notice these before. I
 saw two (maybe it was only one) Sun Country Airlines
 737-800s parked at National Airport, DCA, as I was riding
 the Yellow Line home yesterday afternoon. They were on the
 south side of National Airport, easily spotted from the
 access road that leads to the employee parking lot next to
 Four Mile Run. This is right off the GW. Parkway and Mt.
 Vernon Mixed Use Trail. The tail of the plane is blue and
 orange and has a huge "S" on it.
 >
 > Thanks to the
 interwebz for helping me track this down.