词条 | Laker Airways (Bahamas) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|airline = Laker Bahamas / Laker Inc |logo = |logo_size = |fleet_size = {{ubl|8 (Laker Bahamas)| 2 (Laker Inc) }} |destinations = London Gatwick Airport Manchester Airport Glasgow Prestwick Airport Miami International Airport Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Raleigh-Durham International Airport Richmond International Airport Nashville International Airport Palm Beach International Airport (West Palm Beach) |IATA = 1. 6F (Laker Inc) 2. 7Z (Laker Bahamas) |ICAO = 1. – 2. LBH (Laker Bahamas) |callsign = 1. – 2. LBH (Laker Bahamas) |parent = |company_slogan = |founded = 1992 (Laker Bahamas) 1996 (Laker Inc) |headquarters = The Bahamas |key_people = Sir Freddie Laker Oscar Wyatt |hubs = Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport |focus_cities = |frequent_flyer = |lounge = |alliance = |website = }} Laker Airways (Bahamas) was an airline founded in 1992,[1] which operated until 2005. HistoryLaker Airways (Bahamas) was a US-registered airline based in the Bahamas to which Sir Freddie Laker lent his name and operational expertise. The airline was established in 1992 with financial assistance from Oscar Wyatt, a Texas oilman and business partner of Sir Freddie Laker.[1] The initial fleet comprised two Boeing 727-200 Advanced narrow-bodied jet aircraft.[1] Laker Airways (Bahamas) stopped operating in 2005 when the firm was wound up.[2] In 1996 Sir Freddie Laker and his business partner Oscar Wyatt established Laker Airways, Inc as a sister airline to Laker Airways (Bahamas) to follow in the original, UK-based Laker Airways's footsteps.[3] Laker Airways Mark II leased two McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebodied jets to operate low-fare, high quality transatlantic scheduled services, which commenced on 5 July 1996 between Fort Lauderdale in Florida and London Gatwick at a frequency of two return flights per week.[3][4][5] Additional scheduled services subsequently linked Orlando with Manchester and Glasgow Prestwick.[4] Laker Airways, Inc ceased operations in 1998.[6] Destinations in 1994According to the September 15, 1994 edition of the Official Airline Guide (OAG]), the airline was operating nonstop Boeing 727-200 jet service between its main base in Freeport, Bahamas (FPO) and the following U.S. destinations:[7]
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Notes1. ^1 2 Laker resurfaces with new Bahamas airline, Air Transport, Flight International, 8-14 April 1992, p. 8 2. ^http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=laker+airways+wikipedia 3. ^1 PR Newswire for Journalists (Florida Attorney General sets July mediation deadline in Laker Airways antitrust suit against British Airways, July 9, 1997) 4. ^1 HighBeam Research (PR Newswire, Laker Airways inaugurates Fort Lauderdale - London schedule service, July 5, 1996){{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 5. ^No Frills - The Truth behind the Low-cost Revolution in the Skies, Calder, S., Virgin Books, London, 2002, p. 63 6. ^[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-freddie-laker-466243.html independent.co.uk>News>Obituaries>Sir Freddie Laker (B. Ritchie, The Independent, print edition, 11 February 2006)] 7. ^Sept. 15, 1994 OAG Desktop Flight Guide, North American edition References/External links
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