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Encyclopedia: Laker Airways

Laker Airways was a wholly privately owned, Independent British airline founded by the late Sir Freddie Laker in 1966. It originally was a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide.

The airline wrote a new chapter in global aviation history when it became the world's first long-haul low-cost, "no frills" airline following the inauguration of the first-ever low-fare scheduled "Skytrain" service between its base at London Gatwick Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on September 1, 1977.

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	(German)	Laker Airways
	(French)	Laker Airways

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Fred

Many people have gone by the name Fred : Fred Astaire Fred Choate, founder Montana Air Fred Conrad Fred Cuny Fred Durst Fred Fairbrass ( Right said! -Fred) Fred Flintstone Fred Flohr Fred Funk Freddie Jones Sr. Freddie Laker, owner Laker Airways Fred McGriff Freddie Mercury Freddie Norwood (world...

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SkyTrain

-fated Laker Airways. Note on capitalization Vancouver and Düsseldorf spell "SkyTrain" with a capital...

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Freddie Laker

Airways , where he was manager for five years. It was while with British United that Laker learned the... LAKER logo on the tailplane. Laker Airways were committed to offering air travel as economically as... recession, the other airlines were making a loss by competing with Laker, Laker Airways had expanded too...

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List of people by first name

. Freddie Laker, owner Laker Airways Freddie Mercury Fred Noonan Fred Olsen Fred Phelps Fred Rogers...

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British Caledonian

monopolistic pressure (see also Laker Airways). Despite this pressure is soldiered on, but never... British Caledonian was a airline formed from the merger in 1970 of British United Airways and Caledonian Airways. The airline was formed to compete on international routes against the state monopoly...

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1982 in aviation

record for a helicopter. 6, London; Freddie Laker's Laker Airways flies for the last time. 9, Tokyo: A... Airlines' 1 millionth passenger is flown. 24, London: The last service by a British Airways Boeing...

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List of airlines

in 2002 Imperial Airways 1924-1939 Jet2.com JMC Air renamed Thomas Cook Airlines in 2002 Laker... Ghana Airways Kenya Kenya Airways (East African Safari Air) Libya Libyan Arab Airlines... of Nigeria South Africa South African Airways Sudan Sudan Airways Seychelles Air Seychelles...

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