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> Air France and British Airways can not legally fly routes like Seattle -> Tokyo or Sydney -> Seoul. Wouldn't those be covered under the fifth freedom[1], ass
by cjrp 6y ago
> Air France and British Airways can not legally fly routes like Seattle -> Tokyo or Sydney -> Seoul.
Wouldn't those be covered under the fifth freedom[1], assuming the flight originated in the airline's home country. E.g. BA flying London -> Seattle -> Tokyo.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air#Fifth_freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air#Fifth_free...
- gok 6y agoWell Concorde couldn't make it to Seattle from London, so it would have had to do like London -> New York -> (subsonically) Seattle -> Tokyo which would have been a pretty hard sell I think. Plus the Seattle -> Tokyo route in particular would have required a next generation plane.