Laker Airways and its McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Skytrains pioneered low-cost, long-haul flights across the Atlantic during the late 1970s but collapsed in early 1982 under the weight of $300 ...

‘Look at Laker Airways, competition pays,’ she would say. But, of course, as soon as the heat was on, she got me kicked out.” READ MORE: Vintage photos highlight what life was like on ocean ...

Mr. Laker left British United after a quarrel with the chairman and in 1966 founded Laker Airways, which used secondhand airliners from British Overseas Airways Corp. to operate holiday charters.

Los Angeles Lakers second-round draft pick Adou Thiero has been compared to a recent Olympic gold medalist forward.

At the time, he was still chief executive of Laker Airways Ltd., a Bahamas-based airline that flew tourists between the islands and the East Coast of the United States.

The Buss Family has owned the franchise since 1979, when patriarch Jerry Buss bought the team (and the Kings and the Forum) ...

Laker Airways collapsed into bankruptcy in 1982, and the causes of its demise are still debated. Among the no-frills successors are some of the most profitable airlines of recent years, ...

Laker’s rivals – British Airways, Pan Am and TWA – mostly flew across the Atlantic with better-regarded Boeing 747 Jumbo jets. These competitors introduced standby fares at only a pound or ...

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 ...

Laker Airways was launched in February 1966 as a "contract carrier" to the package holiday trade. It was a new concept, requiring tour operators to guarantee to fill Laker Airways' planes for an ...