The Story Of Laker Airways’ Low-Cost Transatlantic ‘Skytrain’ Flights

Sir Frederick Alfred Laker was a British aviation entrepreneur who revolutionized transatlantic travel during the 1970s. Laker was the first to develop a low-cost, no-frills model with his McDonnell Douglas DC-10 'Skytrain' flights between London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).