Not exact matches
The flight is through Brazilian
airline TAM as a route will operate as a tag - on /
fifth freedom flight.
The
airline operates what's known as a «
Fifth Freedom» route between New York and Vancouver, which means they're flying between two countries other than its home as part of a longer, continuing journey.
A
fifth -
freedom flight connects the
airline's home country with another country by means of a third country.
Since all countries are protective of their borders and revenues, international treaties had to be put in place to ensure that
airlines can fly freely anywhere in the world One of the most important Freedoms of the Air (there are actually nine Freedoms, but only the first five have been officially recognized) is the
fifth freedom right.
Sometimes, a
fifth freedom flight is simply the most convenient way to get from point A to point B. If, for example, you live in Houston and want to fly to Manchester, the only way to get there nonstop is on Singapore
Airlines.
Turkish
Airlines, another StarAlliance carrier, is now considering to use
fifth -
freedom rights to provide service from Istanbul via Bali to Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.
But the
airline's CEO also told Bloomberg that Singapore has had trouble securing so - called
Fifth Freedom rights, which would allow it to carry passengers between the U.S. and an intermediate country.