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You can't legally sell domestic flights in a foreign country. (for these purposes, the EU is one country) This is true for Australia, for India, for the USA, f
by laverya 3y ago
You can't legally sell domestic flights in a foreign country. (for these purposes, the EU is one country)
This is true for Australia, for India, for the USA, for the EU - an airline like Delta can fly to Sydney from LA but not sell domestic flights from Sydney to Melbourne. (Or, for that matter, international flights between Sydney and Singapore)
However, there is a catch! Airliners did not used to have quite the range they do today, and so the treaties allow things like refueling stops. And they (sometimes!) allow passengers to embark/disembark at those stops - but those passengers still have to be flying the international leg, or else it would be a domestic flight.
There's a Wendover video from years ago that's relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thqbjA2DC-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thqbjA2DC-E
- mattmaroon 3y agoOh I see. So the few people on that last leg are just ones who booked a flight to Adelaide and they’re not allowed to sell more. I did not understand what parent meant about that but thanks that makes sense.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI am surprised few airlines set up subsidiary companies in other countries if this legal issue is almost universal. I've only ever interacted with airlines in the EU, so I had little to no idea how good I've had it.
- rtpg 3y agoI think that domestic airlines have to generally be 50+% owned by citizens of a country in most countries.