but Freddie went on to see his dream come true by making cheap air travel available to all. He launched charter company Laker Airlines in 1966, then welcomed passengers with his Skytrain service.

Sir Freddie Laker, the ebullient English entrepreneur ... finally getting Laker Airways' transatlantic Skytrain flights aloft in 1977. The airline charged New Yorkers as little as $135 one-way ...

Freddie Laker began flying his Laker Skytrain planes from London to New York. With tickets costing £118, it was the first low cost operation of its type, and attracted huge public support. Other ...

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.

with the launch of the Laker Skytrain. “This is geared, and built, for the instant traveller,” promised Freddie Laker at Gatwick airport. “We’ve got 345 empty seats every day.” ...

British entrepreneur Freddie Laker, whose reduced-price Skytrain service from Britain to the U.S. in the 1970s and early 1980s opened the way for millions of tourists, plans to resurrect his brand ...

For those who don’t remember Sir Freddie, he was the inventor of the low-cost airline with the launch of Laker SkyTrain in 1977. Freddie served in the Royal Air Force in World War II ...

Sir Freddie Laker, who died on Thursday aged 83, pioneered the idea of cheap air travel with his Skytrain to America in 1977; his entrepreneurial spirit brought him immense public affection and ...

By the end of its first year, Skytrain had made profits of £3m ... section of the print edition under the headline “Freddie Laker” ...

And although Skytrain eventually collapsed in 1982, Sir Freddie had laid the foundations for the low-cost carriers which proliferate today. Sir Freddie was born Frederick Alfred Laker on August 6 ...

Freddie Laker's Skytrain Ltd 1982-83; chairman and managing director, Laker Airways (Bahamas) Ltd 1992-2006; partner, Laker Airways Inc 1995-98; four times married (one son, one daughter ...