Word: laker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...passengers to get low-cost round-trip air transportation with fewer restrictions than on any of the previous charter plans. Authorized by the Civil Aeronautics Board last October, ABCs are now being pushed aggressively by both scheduled and nonscheduled airlines, notably by Britain's ebullient charter operator Freddie Laker...
ABCs may be a headache for the scheduled airlines, but they could prove a minor worry compared with another nightmare looming on the aviation horizon-Skytrain, Freddie Laker's proposed international air shuttle. Skytrain is aimed at a sector of the travel market that even the ABCs do not cater to: passengers who are both on a budget and unable to plan ahead for cheap charter fares. They include, in Laker's definition, the less than affluent citizen "who gets a call that Aunt Matilda is very sick and wants to visit her before she dies...
...airlines think flying is only for the rich?" complains the hearty beef-and-bitter type in the ads for Laker Airways. "I've got to give you a better deal...
...dealer is Freddie Laker, 54, a British aviation maverick who has become the self-proclaimed St. George of cheap transatlantic air travel. His $70 million fleet of ten planes-including three 345-passenger McDonnell Douglas DC-10 jumbo trijets-is painted in the red, white and black colors of his racing stud farm. The planes now work mainly on low-cost charters, including Advance Booking Charters, which Laker helped pioneer. But his No. 1 priority -or threat, as heads of the scheduled airlines would put it-is Skytrain, his proposed cheap ($135 one way), no-frills transatlantic air shuttle service...
...fact, has given the game a renewed emphasis that is echoed in the clarion call of the rabid Knick fans: "Dee-fense!" A relatively small team, the New Yorkers intimidate not by brute force but with a clawing finesse that presses the limits of the rules. Reed handled Laker Center Wilt Chamberlain, for example, with muscular simplicity: he leaned against the giant like a buttress. The result is not dirty or even roughhouse play but what the players like to call a "physical game"-the practice of deftly throwing your weight around to keep your opponent "honest." As Laker Coach...