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	Freddie Laker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Laker Airways had expanded too quickly in the late 1970s and bought a large fleet of Douglas DC-10s at just the wrong time — the DC-10 was perceived to have an uncertain safety record, scaring off potential customers (there had been a number of fatal crashes involving the aircraft in the mid-1970s).
		Laker was undaunted and almost immediately attempted to re-launch the airline on the back of a strong public following (a relief fund gathered over a million pounds, helped by an endorsement from the music band The Police who had used the airline to tour America).
		Laker is also remembered for his famous advice to fellow airline entrepreneurs Sir Richard Branson, of Virgin Atlantic, and Stelios Haji-Ioannou, of easyJet, to "sue the bastards" — a reference to the bullying tactics of British Airways in trying to force the no-frills upstarts out of business.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freddie_Laker (786 words)

	Laker Airways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Laker Airways was an airline founded by Sir Freddie Laker and his first son, Kevin, in 1966 as a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide and eventually became a low-cost carrier flying transatlantic and European flights.
		Laker Airways flew the world's inaugural ABC flight on April 2nd, 1973 from Manchester to Toronto on one of the DC10s with about 250 passengers who had paid as little as £49 for a return ticket.
		Laker Airlines has a similar name and was an American airline to which Sir Freddie lent his name and operational expertise but was financed by a Texan oilman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laker_Airways (854 words)

	Freddie Laker; British entrepreneur was 'larger than life' \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Freddie Laker, the ebullient British entrepreneur who started the first low-cost, no-reservation flights across the Atlantic Ocean and then saw his company collapse as rivals slashed their prices, died Feb. 9 at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. He was 83.
		Laker launched Skytrain in September 1977, charging $135 to fly from New York to London, as long as passengers were willing initially to pay cash on a first-come, first-served basis, trek to remote airports and pay extra for food and drink.
		Laker was with travelers who couldn't afford full-fare travel, he was unpopular with competitors, whom he publicly challenged and later sued for conspiring to bankrupt him.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060219/news_lz1j19laker.html (763 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Obituaries \| Sir Freddie Laker
		Sir Freddie Laker, who has died in Miami aged 83, was the first man to break the power of the big airlines by introducing vastly cheaper fares which opened up much of the world to people who previously couldn't afford air travel.
		Laker, a large man with a youthful face, a determined jawline and the common touch, personalised Skytrain as he had all his enterprises.
		Laker pointed out that unlike him, the people who had driven him out of business were now nowhere to be seen in the industry.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,1707219,00.html?gusrc=rss (1229 words)

	Sir Freddie Laker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Born Frederick Alfred Laker, Sir Freddie Laker was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the spring of 1978 in recognition for his contribution to commercial aviation and the British economy.
		Laker was also involved in the design and development of London's Gatwick Airport with an integrated rail link direct to London.
		In October 2003, Sir Freddie was a guest at a reception at Buckingham Palace held by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to mark the contribution of Pioneers to the life of the Nation.
	www.freddieawards.com /events/16/lakerbio.htm (512 words)

	CBC News: Sir Freddie Laker, discount air pioneer, dies at 83 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Laker launched his New York to London "Skytrain" in September 1977 at a time when the established airlines had a lock on transatlantic routes and they priced their tickets accordingly.
		The service became enormously popular and Freddy Laker was knighted in 1978 on the recommendation of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who heralded his entrepreneurship as exactly what British industry needed.
		Laker died Thursday in a hospital in Hollywood, Florida.
	www.cbc.ca /story/business/national/2006/02/10/laker-060210.html (959 words)

	Low-cost airline pioneer Freddie Laker dies at 83; changed face of air travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Laker pioneered the concept of cheap fares for the masses, and although his Skytrain venture eventually collapsed in 1982, he laid the foundations for low-cost carriers such as Jet Blue and easyJet that proliferate today.
		Laker lauded the modern low-cost airlines but said he hoped one day they would return to the transatlantic flights.
		Laker, who was knighted in 1978, is survived by his fourth wife Jacqueline.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060210/w021046.html (322 words)

	Sir Freddie Laker -- aviation pioneer
		Sir Freddie Laker, the ebullient English entrepreneur who pioneered low-cost air travel, helping a generation of ordinary Britons visit the United States, has died.
		Sir Freddie died Thursday of heart failure at a hospital in Hollywood, Fla.
		Laker Airways collapsed into bankruptcy in 1982, and the causes of its demise are still debated.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/BAGTNH78TK1.DTL&... (576 words)

	Sir Freddie Laker, Namesake of the Freddie Awards, Dies at 83
		Laker was a pioneer who introduced the concept of low-cost transatlantic airfares in the 1970s, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the spring of 1978 in recognition for his contribution to commercial aviation and the British economy.
		Laker founded Britain's first all-jet air carrier, Laker Airways Limited in 1966, which eventually became the largest individually and privately owned airline in the world.
		Though Sir Freddie Laker is no longer with us, his name and his spirit continues to inspire those in the travel industry in the form of the Freddie Awards.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/2/emw345124.htm (538 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Freddie Laker, father of no-frills jets, dies
		Freddie Laker, a pioneer of the modern airline industry, died in Miami yesterday, at the age of 83.
		Known for his role in revolutionising air travel, Sir Freddie, was knighted in 1978 for his contribution to aviation and Britain's economy.
		By then Sir Freddie was an icon of free enterprise and embraced by the nation as an underdog.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/10/nlaker10.xml (278 words)

	Jaron Brass: Sir Freddie Laker: 1922 - 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sir Freddie Laker, who changed the face of air travel with his low-cost trans-Atlantic Skytrain service that challenged the industry giants in the 1970s, has died.
		Laker pioneered the concept of cheap fares for the masses, and although his Skytrain venture eventually collapsed in 1982, he laid the foundations for the low-cost carriers that proliferate today.
		Laker kept an office in Fort Lauderdale in the 1990s and a home in Boca Raton, while Laker Airways flew from Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and then Miami to the United Kingdom.
	www.jaronbrass.com /archive/entry/227 (630 words)

	ABC News: Low-Cost Airline Pioneer Laker Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sir Freddie Laker, who built an airline empire on low-cost international travel only to see it collapse in ruins, has died in Miami, it has benn reported Friday Feb. 10, 2006.
		Laker Airways was born in April 1966 as a charter airline carrying passengers for the fledgling package holiday industry but found the rules governing package travel were designed to keep fares high.
		When Skytrain's parent Laker Airways ran into debt problems and was hit by the falling value of the pound, Pan Am's decision to cut its economy fares by 66 percent effectively finished off the budget airline.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=1604321 (542 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Air legend Sir Freddie Laker dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sir Freddie Laker, the British pioneer of charter airlines, has died in the United States at the age of 83.
		Sir Freddie, who introduced cheap air travel to the world in the 1970s, died of undisclosed causes in Miami, a family friend said.
		Sir Freddie, who was knighted in 1978, served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and went on to work for British United Airlines.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4699372.stm (555 words)

	cantonrep.com
		Laker died Thursday of heart failure at a hospital in Hollywood, Fla. He had been ailing recently and had undergone two heart surgeries.
		Laker had problems with what he saw as bigger carriers’ bad business practices, not necessarily with their frills.
		Laker was brought up in a coldwater flat by a single mother in Canterbury.
	www.cantonrep.com /index.php?ID=268759&Category=5 (770 words)

	Freddie Laker, 1922-2006: Pioneer of cheap trans-Atlantic flights
		Freddie Laker, a British entrepreneur who pioneered cheap flights across the Atlantic only to get driven out when bigger, traditional airlines lowered their fares, has died at the age of 83.
		Laker, or Sir Freddie as he was known after receiving his knighthood in 1978, died Thursday at a hospital in Hollywood, Fla., Mary Maino, managing director of his company, Laker Airways/Bahamas Ltd., said Friday.
		Laker took on the airline establishment of his day, including Pan American World Airways, Trans World Airlines and British Airways when in 1978 he launched his Skytrain service, offering flights between London's Gatwick Airport and Los Angeles, New York and Miami.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/259138_lakerobit11.html (541 words)

	USATODAY.com - On Deadline: Archives
		Sir Freddie Laker, who as the Associated Press writes "changed the face of air travel with his low-cost trans-Atlantic Skytrain service that challenged the industry giants in the 1970s," has died.
		Laker passed away Thursday at a hospital in Hollywood, Fla., said Mary Maino, managing director of his company Laker Airways/Bahamas Ltd., which was liquidated in August.
		I met Sir Freddy much later on when I was Manager of Engineering with Societe International De Telecommunications Aeronautiques (SITA) having planned with Laker Airlines to route their passenger reservation system over the SITA network, which never fully developed because of Lakers financial position.
	blogs.usatoday.com /ondeadline/2006/02/sir_freddie_lak.html (850 words)

	Low-cost airline pioneer Freddie Laker dies - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		MIAMI -- Sir Freddie Laker, who changed the face of air travel with his low-cost trans-Atlantic Skytrain service that challenged the industry giants in the 1970s, has died.
		Virgin Atlantic founder Sir Richard Branson, who named one of the planes in his fleet "Spirit of Sir Freddie" in tribute, said the ebullient Laker was one of Britain's greatest entrepreneurs.
		Laker lauded the modern low-cost airlines but said he hoped one day they would return to the trans-Atlantic flights.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/pmupdate/s_422755.html (340 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| That was then: Sir Freddie Laker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Freddie Laker began flying his Laker Skytrain planes from London to New York.
		Laker, who was knighted in 1978, had already become an icon of free enterprise.
		Sir Freddie is now 80, and living in the Bahamas.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2283244.stm (507 words)

	WJLA - Low-Cost Airline Pioneer Laker Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In an interview with the BBC in 2002, Laker applauded the low-cost operators that followed him but said it was sad that none had gone as far as he did.
		Laker got his start in the airline industry sweeping floors at an aircraft factory in Kent, south England.
		Laker, who was knighted in 1978, is survived by his fourth wife Jacqueline, who lives on Grand Bahama Island, and his son Freddie and daughter Elaine.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0206/301848.html (811 words)

	Freddie Laker - DeathList Forum
		The head told young Freddie that he had thrown his life away, and asked what he was going to do with himself.
		When the RAF were desperate for planes to take part in the Berlin air-lift, Laker held them to ransom and charged them ludicrously high amounts to use his aircraft as they couldn't refuse.
		I would like to know had Freddy Laker been considered by the deathlist team to go on the list this year, or had he simply slipped through your fingers and not been considered at all.
	www.deathlist.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=2596 (1035 words)

	Freddie Laker RIP - PPRuNe Forums
		It is reported that Sir Freddie Laker has died in Miami USA aged 83.
		In the 1970s, Laker Airways' cut-price Skytrain service from Britain to the US opened new vistas for millions of tourists who had previously regarded air travel as a preserve of the rich.
		Mr Laker's success and fighting spirit of free enterprise - he advertised the venture himself on television and posters - won him the admiration of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
	www.pprune.org /forums/showthread.php?t=210531 (340 words)

	Cronaca: Freddie Laker obit
		ON A September day in 1977 Freddie Laker’s first Skytrain flight to New York took off from Gatwick.
		In the late 1970s he applied for licences for around 140 European routes which were intended to open up the European market to lower fares.
		I don't have the time to write it myself, but I'd love to be able to read a good social history of the postwar development of mass travel.
	www.cronaca.com /archives/004180.html (249 words)

	Freddie Laker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As one of the world’s last greatest aviation record attempts is in progress, it would be wrong not to pay tribute to one of the world’s modern day pioneers of aviation.
		Sir Freddie Laker, the free-spirited, inspirational entrepreneur who set up the low cost Skytrain in the 1970’s, died in Miami on Thursday.
		Those of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer team who knew the pioneer will remember Sir Freddie fondly and those of us didn’t would like to take this opportunity to pay our respects.
	www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com /News/Freddie_Laker.jsp (165 words)

	Low-cost flight pioneer Sir Freddie Laker, Feb. 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sir Freddie Laker, the British businessman who pioneered low-cost flights across the Atlantic only to get driven out by his larger rivals, died of an undisclosed illness on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006.
		He died at a hospital in Hollywood, said Mary Maino, managing director of his company Laker Airways/Bahamas Ltd., which was liquidated in August.
		This photo shows an exuberant Laker in October 2003.
	sun-sentinel.com /business/local/sfl-210olaker.jpg,0,885521.photo?... (80 words)

	Discount airline pioneer Freddie Laker dies - Aviation - MSNBC.com
		Discount airline pioneer Freddie Laker dies - Aviation - MSNBC.com
		Sir Freddie Laker was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 as one of 400 pioneers of British life.
		MIAMI - Sir Freddie Laker, who changed the face of air travel with his low-cost trans-Atlantic Skytrain service that challenged the industry giants in the 1970s, has died.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11260449 (468 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Low-cost airline pioneer Freddie Laker dies at 83
		SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Low-cost airline pioneer Freddie Laker dies at 83
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		MIAMI – Sir Freddie Laker, who changed the face of air travel with his low-cost trans-Atlantic Skytrain service that challenged the industry giants in the 1970s, has died.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20060210-1151-obit-laker.html (373 words)

	Amazon.com: The rise and fall of Freddie Laker: Books: Howard Banks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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