Laker, Freddie
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Name (Latin)
Laker, Freddie
Date of birth
1922-08-06
Date of death
2006-02-09
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Eglin, R. Fly me, I'm Freddie! 1980 (subj.)t.p. (Freddie) CIP galley (Freddie Laker)
- New York times WWW site, Feb. 13, 2006(in obituary published Feb. 11: Freddie Laker; Sir Freddie Laker; d. Thursday [Feb. 9, 2006], Hollywood, Fla., aged 83; introduced low-cost trans-Atlantic flights with Laker Airways in the late 1970s and helped usher in an era of more affordable travel)
Wikipedia description:
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 "low cost / no-frills" airline business model that has since proven to be successful worldwide when employed by companies such as Ryanair, Southwest Airlines, easyJet, Norwegian Air, and AirAsia.
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