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Five freedoms of international aviation

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Global air travel operates under strict post-WWII treaties known as the Freedoms of the Air. Without the specific 'third and fourth freedoms', a commercial airline would be legally barred from dropping off passengers in a foreign nation and flying back with new ones.

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