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4th Freedom of the Air: The right granted by one country to another country to carry traffic, in the territory of the 1st Country destined for home state of the carrier.
Home Country a Country b
5th Freedom of the Air: The right granted by one Country to another Country to drop-off and take on, in the territory of the 1st country, traffic coming from or destined to a 3rd country.
Home Country a Country b
The 1st and 2nd Freedoms of the Air are known as technical freedoms while the 3rd to 5th are known as commercial freedoms. These first 5 Freedoms of the Air are officially recognized by ICAO and used in most countries. The remaining Freedoms of the Air are additional rights!
For example: The aircraft lands at Malaysia and all the passengers transferring to other flights will disembark the aircraft while passengers travelling to Thailand will board the aircraft.
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