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03 November 2008

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  • US low-cost carrier Sun Country Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to prevent its assets from being frozen as part of a US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe of its parent company, Petters Group Worldwide.

Sun Country, an American low-cost carrier based in St Paul, Minnesota, previously filed for bankruptcy in late 2001.

In its October 6 filing Sun Country listed assets and liabilities of between $50 million and $100 million.

FBI agents raided the headquarters of the...


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