The U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command awarded a $675,000 firm fixed-price delivery order to Sun Country, Inc. (doing business as Sun Country Airlines) on January 30, 2015, for domestic charter air transportation services. The delivery order, which is a child of the Domestic Charter Airlift Services 2014-2016 parent contract, will be performed at Fort Drum, New York, with an ultimate completion date of February 4, 2015. Sun Country, a Minneapolis-based commercial air carrier and subsidiary of Minnesota Aviation, LLC, operates a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft and serves as a critical provider of passenger transport, cargo movement, and logistics support to the Department of Defense. This award was made on an unrestricted, competitive basis with no set-aside designation.
This delivery order represents part of Air Mobility Command's broader strategy to leverage commercial air carriers for flexible and responsive airlift capabilities that supplement organic military transportation resources. Sun Country's established track record supporting federal air transportation requirements across domestic and international locations, combined with its position on multiple Air Mobility Command indefinite delivery contracts, including the $86.8 million Civil Reserve Air Fleet International Charter Airlift Services contract, demonstrates the company's qualifications to execute this near-term transportation mission. The firm fixed-price structure reflects standardized federal air transportation procurement practices and provides the Air Force with cost certainty for the required airlift services.