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> Air France and British Airways can not legally fly routes like Seattle -> Tokyo or Sydney -> Seoul Can you explain more about this? I assumed those routes we
by rkangel 6y ago
> Air France and British Airways can not legally fly routes like Seattle -> Tokyo or Sydney -> Seoul
Can you explain more about this? I assumed those routes were just ones that were only of interest to the more local carriers.
- gok 6y agoThe laws around this are very complicated but generally airlines are not allowed to operate flights that operate between two non-home countries unless it's part of a larger route that originates in home country. This would be called a 7th freedom flight, and outside of the EU almost no countries have a deal like this. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air )