Laker Airways

defunct British airline
Organization airline Q1679855
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Laker Airways

Summary

Laker Airways is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Laker Airways is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Laker Airways's image is recorded as Laker Airways Airbus A300 Manteufel.jpg[4].
  • Laker Airways's instance of is recorded as airline[5].
  • Laker Airways's founder is recorded as Freddie Laker[6].
  • Laker Airways's airline hub is recorded as London Gatwick Airport[7].
  • Laker Airways's headquarters location is recorded as London Gatwick Airport[8].
  • Laker Airways's IATA airline designator is recorded as GK[9].
  • Laker Airways's ICAO airline designator is recorded as LKR[10].
  • Laker Airways's Commons category is recorded as Laker Airways[11].
  • Laker Airways's callsign of airline is recorded as LAKER[12].
  • +1966-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Laker Airways[13].
  • Laker Airways was dissolved in +1982-02-05T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Laker Airways's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04mhrh[15].

Body

Founding

Laker Airways's founder is recorded as Freddie Laker[6]. +1966-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[13].

Operations

Laker Airways's headquarters location is recorded as London Gatwick Airport[8].

Dissolution

Laker Airways was dissolved in +1982-02-05T00:00:00Z[14].

Why It Matters

Laker Airways ranks in the top 9% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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