• operating its last flight on 5 February 1982. Freddie Laker announced the creation of Laker Airways in February of 1966. The airline commenced commercial...
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  • Frederick Alfred Laker (6 August 1922 – 9 February 2006) was an English airline entrepreneur, best known for founding Laker Airways in 1966, which went...
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  • Freddie Laker and his business partner Oscar Wyatt, a self-made Texas oilman, established Laker Airways, Inc. as a sister airline to Laker Airways (Bahamas)...
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  • Look up Laker or laker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Laker or Lakers may refer to: Los Angeles Lakers, an NBA basketball team from Los Angeles,...
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  • Freddie. An early Boeing 747, it was named in honour of Freddie Laker of Laker Airways, who helped Virgin Atlantic following the demise of his own airline...
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  • British Airways in 1988. It operated primarily from London Gatwick Airport in south-east England. BCal was formed by the merger of Caledonian Airways and...
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  • marketing strategy. He is the son of Freddie Laker, the founder of British airline Laker Airways. Freddie Laker began his career after dropping out of college...
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  • and Laker flights at Gatwick, a growing number of third-party airlines appointed Gatwick Handling their handling agent at the airport. Laker Airways's demise...
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  • from Laker Airways Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos 1 2 1 Tunisair 1 1 DC-10-30 leased from Malaysia Airlines DC-10-30CF leased from World Airways Turkish...
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  • Freddie Laker. Following Laker's departure from BUA in 1965, Hellary followed Laker and took up the position of chief pilot for Laker's new airline, Laker Airways...
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  • International was initially conceived in early 1982 after the sudden demise of Laker Airways which had left a large gap in the UK Inclusive tour/charter market....
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    of both United Airways and Spartan Air Lines before these airlines' merger with Hillman's Airways to form the pre-war British Airways. Following BUA's...
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    Raya Airways Sdn Bhd d/b/a Raya Airways, is a cargo airline with its head office in the Raya Airways Centre in the Cargo Complex of Sultan Abdul Aziz...
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  • Airline Peru  Turks and Caicos InterCaribbean Airways  United States Allegiant Air Avelo Airlines Breeze Airways Frontier Airlines JetBlue New Pacific Airlines...
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    Leone Airways  United Kingdom BOAC (original operator) British Airways British Caledonian British United Airways (original operator) Laker Airways (aircraft...
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  • Arrowsmith Holidays, a British holiday tour operator later part of Laker Airways J. W. Arrowsmith, British book printer, publisher, and imprint Arrowsmith...
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  • by someone he'd first met in Spain, Sir Freddie Laker, to serve as the general manager for Laker Airways in Toronto. In 1979 Tait moved with the company...
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    Airways Magazine. Retrieved February 20, 2024. "Our Aircraft – A220". Breeze Airways. Retrieved April 13, 2024. "Our Aircraft – E190". Breeze Airways...
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    include British Caledonian, British United Airways, CityFlyer Express, Fastjet, Laker Airways and Tradewinds Airways. Situated to the northwest of the airfield...
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  • Airtour 2 5 4 Iraqi Airways 1 Japan Air System 9 8 22 Merged with Japan Airlines in 2006 Korean Air 10 30 Kuwait Airways 2 8 Laker Airways 3 Ceased operations...
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  • Cunard Eagle Airways Dan Air Services Donaldson International Airways Heavylift Cargo Airlines Invicta International Airlines Laker Airways Lloyd International...
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    first airline offering no-frills transatlantic service was Freddie Laker's Laker Airways, which operated its famous "Skytrain" service between London and...
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  • from the Douglas DC-9 airliner Skytrain, a transatlantic service by Laker Airways Sky Train, a 1976 album by Barry Miles Skytrain Ice Rise, a large ice...
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    on April 5, 1977 as Spirit Lake Airways. It was reorganised and began scheduled services on October 12, 1981, as Great Lakes Airlines with flights between...
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    summer season, Dan-Air, Laker Airways, and Modern Air were present at the airport for a number of years. In March 1971, Channel Airways began stationing aircraft...
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  • Newman Travel. The company also owned Gatwick Handling, jointly with Laker Airways. In 1971, the company was floated on the London Stock Exchange, when...
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    Airwest Jetsgo Laker Airways Luftschiffbau Zeppelin MALÉV MarkAir Midwest Airlines Mohawk Airlines Monarch Airlines New Zealand National Airways Corporation...
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    such as Laker Airways Ltd v Department of Trade (1976), concerning the revocation of the commercial airline operator's licence of Laker Airways, R v Secretary...
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    affinity group charter flights. Two years later, Laker Airways also acquired a One-Eleven 300 from Bahamas Airways that had originally been delivered to British...
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  • provision in the original Bermuda agreement that would have allowed Laker Airways to use the licence the UK's Air Transport Licensing Board (ATLB), the...
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