Freddy Laker was born on August 6, 1922 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK. He was married to Jacqueline Ann Harvey, Patricia LaVerne Gates, Rosemary Belfrage Black and Joan Mavis Smallwood. He died on February 9, 2006 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
Founded Laker Airways, the first airline in the world to offer low
international fares. Their Skytrain service offered one ways between
New York and London for only US$100.
More than anyone else in the UK in the last 50 years he redefined air
transport for the benefit of ordinary people.
Was rewarded in 1978 with a knighthood. It was given to him by a Labour
government which he had spent so long reviling for failing to support
him.