Lasting only a year, LAW is founded at Rio de Janeiro in early 1947. After obtaining an operating permit and 2 Lockheed Model 18 Lodestars, the new entrant bravely inaugurates multistop services to Santos on April 1. Unable to succeed financially, the outfit is purchased by expanding REAL, S. A. on March 17, 1948.
LAWRENCE AVIATION: United States (1973-1983). Founder/ President Eugene F. Kletchka sets up LA as an FBO at the Lawrence, Kansas, municipal airport in April 1972. After gaining certification for a third-level division, Kletchka inaugurates daily scheduled Cessna and Piper lightplane roundtrips to Kansas City in 1973. Operations continue apace over the next decade, with Emporia added to the route network.
LB, LTD.: 1170 Lee Wagner Blvd., No. 200, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315, United States; Phone (954) 359-0199; Fax (954) 359 7698; Http://www. princess-vacations. com; Code 7Z; Year Founded 1999.
With customer bookings sliding, the decision is taken at the end of 1999 to rename Laker Airways (Bahamas), Ltd. Ownership continues to be divided between founder Sir Freddie Laker (34%), Texas investor Oscar Wyatt, CEO of LaSara Grain Corporation (33%), and Grand Bahama Port Authority owner Sir Jack Hayward (33%). The lone Boeing 727-2J7A is supplemented with a former Western Airlines B-727-247, which is christened Lucayan Princess and wears “Grand Bahama Island” titles.
With a workforce of 101 and a pair of B-727s, the company in 2000 continues to operate holiday charters on behalf of Laker’s Princess Vacations. With Freeport via Miami and Fort Lauderdale the final destination, the trijets transport travelers from Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Greenville/Spartanburg, Hartford, Memphis, Nashville, New York (LGA), Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, and Richmond. One B-727-89 is operated at the end of the year.
LBC AIRWAYS OF MANILA: 14th Corner Railroad St., Port Area, Metro Manila, Philippines; Phone 63 (2) 832-2066; Fax 63 (2) 8321775; Year Founded 1990. LBC is established as an express parcel carrier at the LBC Aviation Center at Pasay City’s Domestic Airport in 1990. Initially equipped with 3 BAe 748-B2s and 1 Pilatus-Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbo-Islander, President Rommel C. Mabansat’s airline begins services to various island destinations throughout the nation.
In order to allow visits to smaller landing fields, the fleet is upgraded during the next nine years by the addition of a Beech B-50 Twin Bonanza, two Cessna 207s, two more BN-2T Turbo-Islanders, and one Aero Commander 500.
LEADAIR UNIJET, S. A.: Aeroport du Bourget, Le Bourget Cedex F-93352, France; Phone 33 (1) 48 35 90 90; Fax 33 (1) 48 35 90 65; Year Founded 1966. Leadair is originally established as an FBO at Paris (LBG) in 1966. Over the next 34 years, it also undertakes executive and small group passenger charters on a worldwide basis.
By 2000, General Manager Anne Bouis oversees the operations of 4 Dassault Falcon 10s, 1 each Falcon 20 and Falcon 50, and 1 Beech Super King Air 200.
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