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Laker Airways aircraft stored the day after bankruptcy, 5 February 1982. Laker Airways did not have the financial strength to survive the early 1980s recession and competition by the established scheduled airlines. [98] Swiss aviation enthusiasts' magazine Interavia had reported in a 1978 issue that Laker's issued share capital was £10,000.
At the same time the long-haul rate for passengers in anything other than economy class rises from £194 to £216; and the ultra-long-haul rate from £202 to £224. ... under the 1944 Chicago ...
Laker Airways commenced commercial airline operations that July with a fleet of two ex-BOAC Bristol Britannias. These were subsequently supplemented and eventually replaced with a brand-new fleet of BAC One-Eleven jetliners as well as a pair of second-hand Boeing 707 jets. Initially, Laker Airways was a charter airline and wholesale tour ...
Laker Airways's demise also enabled BCal to relaunch a daily service between Gatwick and Los Angeles, to acquire six aircraft from the failed carrier's estate and to move into the hangar it had occupied at Gatwick. [230] [231] The ex-Laker aircraft that joined BCal's fleet included two DC-10-10s and four BAC One-Eleven 300s. [232]
The collapse of Laker Airways, Gatwick's largest resident operator of widebodied equipment since the early-70s, during the early part of the 1980s had led to the concentration of all widebody-capable hangarage and associated maintenance capabilities in the hands of British Caledonian. British Caledonian was the airport's largest resident ...
Gatwick has set goals of 40% public transport use by the time annual passenger traffic reaches 40 million (in 2015) and 45% by the time it reaches 45 million. [ 256 ] The airport is accessible from a motorway spur road at junction 9A of the M23 , which links to the main M23 motorway 1 mile (1.6 km) east at junction 9.
Laker Airways' demise also enabled BCal to relaunch a daily service between Gatwick and Los Angeles, to acquire six aircraft from the failed carrier's estate and to move into the hangar it had occupied at Gatwick. [47] [48] The ex-Laker aircraft that joined BCal's fleet included two DC-10-10s and four BAC One-Eleven 300s. [49]
Merged with Norfolk Airways and Rig Air to form Air Anglia [48] Anglo Cargo: ML: ANC: ANGLO: 1983: 1992: Operated Boeing 707-320, Boeing 757, BAC 1-11: Anglo European Airways: 1940: 1940: Operated DH.90 Dragonfly originally G-AEDK of Anglo European Airways [49] Anglo Normandy Aviation: 1975: 1979: Acquired by Aurigny Air Services. Operated ...