Sir Freddie Laker smiling in pinstripe suit with arms crossed, studio portrait photograph

Studio portrait of Sir Freddie Laker, founder of Laker Airways and pioneer of low-cost transatlantic travel, photographed in a confident pose wearing a pinstripe business suit. This appears to be a promotional or press photograph from the Laker Skytrain era when he revolutionized budget air travel between the UK and United States in the 1970s-1980s.

Sir Freddie Laker portrait business suit pinstripe Laker Airways Skytrain aviation entrepreneur studio photography 1970s 1980s low-cost aviation

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Gallery: Sir Freddie at Laker Skytrain
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Archive: Sir Freddie Laker Historical Society

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