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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