What was the name of Freddie Laker's cheap trans-Atlantic airline from 1977 to 1983?
Freddie Laker Airways Corporation (BOAC). The livery was a mixture of black and red with a bold "LAKER" logo on the tailplane. He offered a new, revolutionary concept of economic air travel requiring passengers to purchase their tickets on the day of travel as well as to buy their own food. These flights were operated by Laker Airways and marketed under the "Skytrain" trademark. Following the successful launch of "Skytrain" in 1977 he was knighted the following year in recognition of his services to the airline industry. He received an honorary degree from the University of Strathclyde in 1981. Laker divided his
Freddie Laker Freddie Laker Sir Frederick Alfred Laker (6 August 1922 – 9 February 2006) was an English airline entrepreneur, best known for founding Laker Airways in 1966, which went bankrupt in 1982. Known as Freddie Laker, he was one of the first airline owners to adopt the "no-frills" airline business model that has since proven to be very successful worldwide with companies such as Southwest Airlines, Norwegian Air, Ryanair, easyJet, AirAsia and WestJet. Laker came from Canterbury in Kent, and attended the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, from which he was expelled, before starting work in aviation with Short Brothers