Five Freedoms (Air)

Collective term which depicts the five areas of "rights" for the air transportation of passengers or cargo, viz. (expressed in terms of an airline of country A):

Freedom 1: The right to fly over a foreign country.

Freedom 2: The right to make a technical stop at a country C en route from country A to B.

Freedom 3: The right to set down (off loading) passengers or cargo in a country B from home country A.

Freedom 4: The right to pick up (loading) passengers/cargo from a country B to home country A.

Freedom 5: The right to carry passengers or cargo between two foreign countries.

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