PEOPLExpress Airlines, also known as People Express, was a U.S. no-frills airline that operated from 1981 to 1987. It was headquartered at Newark International Airport.
The company was founded by Don Burr, Samuel Leong, Gerry Gitner and several others, who resigned from Frank Lorenzo's Texas International in order to do so. Burr was influenced by British airline entrepreneur Freddie Laker, whose forays into low-cost air travel had attracted much ...
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PEOPLExpress Airlines, also known as People Express, was a U.S. no-frills airline that operated from 1981 to 1987. It was headquartered at Newark International Airport.
The company was founded by Don Burr, Samuel Leong, Gerry Gitner and several others, who resigned from Frank Lorenzo's Texas International in order to do so. Burr was influenced by British airline entrepreneur Freddie Laker, whose forays into low-cost air travel had attracted much press in the 1970s. Terminal space was leased at Newark Airport's long-abandoned North Terminal.
People Express was launched on April 30, 1981 with service from Newark to Buffalo, Columbus, and Norfolk, Virginia. People Express grew rapidly, adding flights to Florida by the end of the year.
On May 26, 1983, PEOPLExpress (PEx) began non-stop service from Newark to London's Gatwick Airport with a leased Boeing 747-227B previously operated by Braniff International Airways. Flights were priced at $149 each-way and upon launch, became an instant...
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