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Airlines Named After People — Daily trivia Wednesday, July 8, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Sir Freddie Laker's cut-price 'Skytrain' to New York launched from which London airport?
- ASouthend
- BGatwick
- CStansted
- DLuton
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Gatwick
Gatwick. Laker Airways went bust in 1982, and Laker sued rival airlines for conspiring to drive it out of business with predatory fares, a case they settled out of court.
Q 02Which airline's boss once floated charging passengers to use the on-board toilets?
- AeasyJet
- BAer Lingus
- CWizz Air
- DRyanair
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Ryanair
Ryanair. Michael O'Leary later admitted the idea was not likely to happen but made for very cheap PR, and the airline takes its name from co-founders Tony and Christopher Ryan.
Q 03What does kulula, the Zulu word chosen as a South African budget airline's name, mean?
- A'Easy'
- B'Sky'
- C'Freedom'
- D'Speed'
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'Easy'
'Easy'. Comair launched kulula.com in 2001 as South Africa's first no-frills airline.
Q 04Which Canadian charter airline grew out of Polaris Charter, a Yellowknife bush pilot's small flying business?
- ANordair
- BWardair
- CPacific Western
- DCanadian North
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Wardair
Wardair. Max Ward began by flying a single de Havilland Fox Moth biplane out of Yellowknife, carrying both passengers and freight.
Q 05Ryanair's first flight, in a 15-seat turboprop, linked London with which Irish city?
- AWaterford
- BCork
- CGalway
- DLimerick
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Waterford
Waterford. That 1985 flight used an Embraer Bandeirante, and the airline later became a budget giant by copying Southwest Airlines' low-cost model.
Q 06Reg Ansett started his airline 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
Road transport. Victoria's government barred his service cars from competing with the state railways, so he took to the air, where federal control kept the state out.
Q 07Donald 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
Eastern Air Lines. Rebranded Trump Shuttle, the business was in financial trouble within about a year, and USAir took it over 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
Formula One. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda was also a licensed pilot, and he founded and ran the airline himself.
Q 09Which airline has long flown the world's shortest scheduled flight, between Westray and Papa Westray?
- AFlybe
- BEastern Airways
- CLoganair
- DAurigny
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Loganair
Loganair. The two Orkney islands sit just 1.7 miles apart, so the whole flight lasts only a minute or two.
Q 10Braniff was the only US airline ever to fly which aircraft on domestic routes?
- AAirbus A300
- BLockheed L-1011
- CBoeing 747SP
- DConcorde
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Concorde
Concorde. Braniff's own crews flew the Dallas/Fort Worth to Washington Dulles leg, then handed the jet to Air France or British Airways crews for Europe.
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