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1984 newspaper clipping about British Airways privatisation delay caused by Sir Freddie Laker's legal action

1984 newspaper clipping about British Airways privatisation delay caused by Sir Freddie Laker's legal action

A December 19, 1984 press clipping from the Jersey Evening Post reporting on the delay of British Airways' £1,000 million privatisation due to legal action brought by Sir Freddie Laker in the United States. The article explains that the sale was originally planned for February but was postponed until spring 1985 due to the anti-trust case.

Sir Freddie Laker British Airways privatisation legal action anti-trust 1984 1980s Jersey Evening Post press clipping airline industry

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