fifth-freedom traffic

fifth-freedom traffic

The freedom by an airline to pick up passengers and loads from another country and fly them to a third country. It is one of the five freedoms relating to air traffic. Passengers and loads of this category are referred to as fifth-freedom traffic. See five freedoms.
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These traffic rights are known as fifth-freedom traffic rights in terms of the Air Law.
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The Americans would not relent and additionally demanded the application of the escalator clause to fifth-freedom traffic. The British saw this as, in effect, conceding unfettered rights to the Americans on frequency, and they stood their ground.
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