Fifth freedom routes are often intriguing. Imagine an airline operates A-B-C, where A is an airport in its own country. It will have fifth freedom traffic rights if it is permitted to carry passengers between airports B and C. It is distinct from a simple stop to refuel or change crew, as is undertaken by Ethiopian Airlines between Addis Ababa and North America , which would be the second freedom of the air.

There are many fifth freedom markets . And in the past few days, two more have been revealed, both of which will deploy the Boeing 737. Oman Air will operate from Muscat to Copenhagen via Baghdad , while Qantas will run from Sydney to Apia (Samoa) via Auckland .

Oman Air On Muscat-Baghdad-Copenhagen

Until now, the oneworld member has not served the capitals

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