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1985 newspaper clipping about Sir Freddie Laker settlement offer from West Lancashire Evening Gazette

1985 newspaper clipping about Sir Freddie Laker settlement offer from West Lancashire Evening Gazette

A press clipping from the West Lancashire Evening Gazette dated January 14, 1985, reporting on a £40 million settlement offer made to Sir Freddie Laker and his creditors by 12 airlines to resolve an American conspiracy case. The article notes that British Airways lawyers were confident the deal would be accepted by creditors who were owed £250 million when Laker Airways collapsed over two years prior.

Sir Freddie Laker Laker Airways newspaper clipping 1985 settlement British Airways conspiracy case creditors West Lancashire Evening Gazette Skytrain

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