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Belfast Telegraph newspaper clipping from July 15, 1981 with headline 'Euro-MP wins part of air fares battle'

Belfast Telegraph newspaper clipping from July 15, 1981 with headline 'Euro-MP wins part of air fares battle'

This Belfast Telegraph newspaper clipping from July 15, 1981, reports on Euro-MP Lord Bethell's partial victory against airline price-fixing cartels. The article discusses the European Commission's admission that complaints about price-fixing by government-owned airlines were well-founded, and references Sir Freddie Laker's revolutionary impact on Atlantic flights as a model for European route competition.

newspaper clipping Belfast Telegraph 1981 Lord Bethell European Commission airline deregulation price-fixing Sir Freddie Laker Atlantic flights aviation competition 1980s

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