Airlines Named After People
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Q 01Sir Freddie Laker's airline launched its cut-price 'Skytrain' to New York in 1977 from where?
- AHeathrow
- BGatwick
- CStansted
- DLuton
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Gatwick
Laker Airways went bankrupt in the early-1980s recession, flying its last service on 5 February 1982.
Q 02In what year did Ryanair, named after its founder Tony Ryan, begin commercial operations?
- A1979
- B1980
- C1983
- D1985
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1985
Ryanair was founded and began operations in 1985 by Irish businessman Tony Ryan, eventually becoming Europe's largest low-cost airline carrier.
Q 03Kulula Air, a South African airline, is named after a word meaning what in the Zulu language?
- A'Easy'
- B'Sky'
- C'Freedom'
- D'Speed'
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'Easy'
Kulula means 'easy' in Zulu, and the airline's name reflects its low-cost business model and user-friendly approach, founded by Comair in 2001.
Q 04Which airline did bush pilot Max Ward found in 1952, growing it into Canada's big charter carrier?
- ANordair
- BWardair
- CPacific Western
- DCanadian North
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Wardair
Ward had started out in 1946 with the Polaris Charter Company in Yellowknife; the airline was absorbed by Canadian Airlines in 1990.
Q 05Tony Ryan's airline began in 1985 flying Waterford to London in a plane with how many seats?
- A15
- B48
- C72
- D110
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15
The aircraft was an Embraer Bandeirante turboprop; by September it was running nine weekly flights on the route.
Q 06Reg Ansett started his airline in 1935 to sidestep a Victorian state law aimed at what business of his?
- ARoad transport
- BShipping
- CNewspaper publishing
- DWool trading
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Road transport
His buses and trucks were eating into Victorian Railways' revenue; aviation was federally regulated, so the state could not touch it.
Q 07In 1989 Donald Trump paid $365 million for the shuttle operation of which airline?
- APan American
- BTrans World Airlines
- CEastern Air Lines
- DPeople Express
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Eastern Air Lines
The 727s were refitted with maple veneer, chrome seat-belt latches and gold-coloured lavatory fixtures; USAir took over the operation in 1992.
Q 08The Austrian airline Lauda Air took its name from a champion in which sport?
- AAlpine skiing
- BCycling
- CTennis
- DFormula One
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Formula One
Niki Lauda ran it for decades before it was folded into Austrian Airlines in 2012; he later launched Niki and then Laudamotion.
Q 09How far apart are Westray and Papa Westray, linked by Loganair's world-shortest scheduled flight?
- A4.3 miles
- B9 miles
- C1.7 miles
- D2.6 miles
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1.7 miles
The Orkney hop is timetabled at two minutes and has been done in well under one when the wind cooperates.
Q 10Braniff was the only US airline ever to fly which aircraft on domestic routes, in 1979–80?
- AAirbus A300
- BLockheed L-1011
- CBoeing 747SP
- DConcorde
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Concorde
Flown subsonically between Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington Dulles, the flights often carried 15 passengers or fewer and lost money, but the publicity was priceless.
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