How Sun Country Airlines survived Tom Petters’ Ponzi scheme
Sun Country just unveiled plans to go public. But in 2008, after its owner was charged with running a multibillion-dollar fraud, it was on the verge of extinction.
Liz Fedor is an editor at Twin Cities Business magazine. She reported on the airline industry and manufacturing sector for the Star Tribune.
Sun Country just unveiled plans to go public. But in 2008, after its owner was charged with running a multibillion-dollar fraud, it was on the verge of extinction.
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The restaurant, which had its grand opening in December, serves passengers waiting to board flights on Sun Country and Southwest Airlines.
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