was dissolved on 9 September 2014 . Fleet Laker operated the following aircraft types at various times over the years: Airbus A300B4 Boeing 707 (series −138B and −351B models) Boeing 727-200 Advanced (Laker Airways Bahamas operation) British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven (series −300 and −400 models) Bristol Britannia (series −102 model) McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Vickers VC10 (leased to Middle East Airlines and not operated by Laker Airways) Legacy Unlike Laker, the vast majority of low-cost airlines have limited themselves to short and midrange flights and shunned the long range market. Almost all attempts to enter the long range market with a low cost model have ended within a couple of years in either withdrawal or bankruptcy. Sir Freddie Laker was an influence for Sir Richard Branson and his establishment of Virgin Atlantic. At London Southend Airport is the Lakers bar & restaurant, named after the airline. See also List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom Notes and Citations Notes Citations References (Airliner World online) (Airliner World online) (Aviation News online) (Google Books) Further reading External links Caz Caswell's Aviation Photographs (Laker Airways – A Pictorial Tribute: A tribute to Sir Freddie Laker and his Great British Airline) Skytrain: new Laker bid, Flight International, 27 July 1972, p. 116 Skytrain ..., Flight International, 27 July 1972, p. 117 Laker Airways Limited Website Airlines established in 1966 Airlines disestablished in 1982 Companies based in Crawley Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom Defunct low-cost airlines 1966 establishments in England 1982 disestablishments in England