3 Links I Love: Sun Country Cuts Costs, Paine Field Flies Commercial, Hawai’i Reacts to Southwest

Sun Country CEO gets very real on the airline’s quest for financial sustainability – MinnPost
Here’s a good interview with Sun Country CEO Jude Bricker. Note at the end how Sun Country is focusing on cost reduction now. Unit revenue growth efforts will come later. So enjoy those cheap fares on marginal routes while you can… (via @mipo777)

A new era: Our first commercial flights launch at Paine Field – Alaska Airlines Blog
I figured it was worth nothing that we have a new commercial airport in the US. Paine Field service started this week after a very, very long road.

Locals be like [Southwest to Hawai’i] – reddit
I love to see the external reaction to things the airline industry does, and reddit is a pretty good place to take the temperature when it comes to bigger customer-facing announcements. These comments were in the Hawai’i subreddit, so it’s a local reaction to Southwest’s entry into the market.