Sun Country Inaugurates Service at Dulles: Sun Country Airlines on April 10 became the 42nd airline currently serving Washington Dulles International Airport, following the launch of nonstop service between Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The first flight departed Gate B49 at Dulles under sunny skies. Its new route to Dulles is part of a 10-city summer expansion of the airline. Flights will operate three times weekly in the spring, six times during peak summer periods and four times in the fall.
“Minnesotans will welcome this new opportunity to access the Washington, D.C., region,” said Rose Neale, senior vice president and general counsel of Sun Country Airlines. “The monuments, museums, government buildings and history of the nation’s capital is a perfect vacation for leisure travelers and families. And we invite your region’s travelers to enjoy summer in Minnesota – the land of 10,000 lakes.”
Richard Golinowksi, manager of Dulles and a vice president of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, welcomed the arrival.
“The employees of Dulles International are 100 percent focused on taking care of our customers, just like Sun Country is, as part of our mission,” he said. “We are fully prepared for an expansion of growth at this airport, which includes carriers like Sun Country.”
Swiss International Opens Nonstop Service Between Dulles, Zurich: March 28 marked the inauguration of new daily nonstop service between Washington Dulles International Airport and Zurich, Switzerland.
A Swiss International Air Lines’ Airbus A330-300 jet made the first journey, further augmenting what has been rising levels of international service at the airport over the past year.
With its inaugural flight, Swiss became the 41st airline to serve Dulles travelers. Swiss International’s new route to Washington is the airline’s eighth U.S. gateway for the carrier.
Each day, Flight LX72 will depart Zurich at 1 p.m., arriving at Dulles at 4:20 p.m. The return Flight LX73 will depart the Washington area at 8:50 p.m., arriving in Switzerland at 10:50 a.m. the next day. (All times are local to the destination.)
As one of four airline brands of the Lufthansa Group, Swiss’s new D.C. route makes Dulles Airport one of the group’s leading North American gateways.
“Swiss announced this route four years ago – before the pandemic – and we are grateful that they came through with the great leadership of their CEO,” said Paul Bobson, vice president for airline business development at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. “This new flight will generate over $50 million in local economic impact each year.”
