Fifth Freedom Routes

Fifth freedom routes, are one of the coolest things when it comes to commercial aviation; Imagine flying from New York to Vancouver, for example, on a non-Canadian or non-US airline. To define it, a “fifth freedom” flight is one where an airline from one country has the right to fly between two different countries. When you think about it, these flight routings make no sense, but really provide a unique opportunity for the flyer.

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Here’s a listing of known fifth freedom routes currently in operation:

Air China

• Munich to Athens
• Madrid to Sao Paulo
• Montreal to Havana
• Barcelona to Vienna

EgyptAir

• Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur

Air India

• Hong Kong to Kansai
• Hong Kong to Seoul

Garuda Indonesia

• London Gatwick to Amsterdam

China Airlines

• Rome to Delhi
• Amsterdam to Bangkok
• Brisbane to Auckland
• Sydney to Auckland
• Hong Kong to Jakarta
• Singapore to Surabaya
• Tapei to Bangkok
• Kansai Osaka to New York JFK
• Tokyo Narita to Honolulu

British Airways

• Singapore to Sydney
• Colombo to Male
• Doha to Bahrain
• Abu Dhabi to Muscat
• Antigua to Saint Kitts
• Antigua to Tobago
• Antigua to San Juan
• Antigua to Punta Cana
• Nassau to Grand Cayman
• Nassau to Providenciales
• Saint Lucia to Grenada
• Saint Lucia to Port of Spain

China Eastern

• Colombo to Malé

Delta Air Lines

• Tokyo to Koror, Palau

Cathay Pacific

• New York JFK to Vancouver
• Bangkok to Singapore
• Bangkok to Karachi
• Bangkok to Mumbai
• Bangkok to Colombo
• Bangkok to Delhi
• Singapore to Colombo
• Taipei to Osaka
• Taipei to  Seoul
• Taipei to Fukuoka
• Taipei to Tokyo

Iberia

• San Salvador to Guatemala City

Singapore Airlines

• New York JFK to Frankfurt
• Houston to Moscow
• San Francisco to Seul Incheon
• San Fransisco to Hong Kong
• Los Angeles to Tokyo Narita
• Manchester to Munich
• Sao Paulo to Barcelona
• Dubai to Cairo

South African Airways

• Accra to Abidjan
• Washington DC Dulles to Dakar

Kenya Airways

• Dubai to Hong Kong
• Bangkok to Guangzhou
• Bangkok to Hong Kong

Turkish Airlines

• Bishkek to Ulaanbaatar
• Bahrain to Muscat
• Djibouti to Mogadishu
• Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok
• Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires

United Airlines

• Koror, Palau to Manila
• Koror, Palau to Yap, Micronesia
• Honolulu to Guam via Majuro, Kwajalein, Kosrae Island, Pohnpei Island, and Weno Island
• Kuwait to Bahrain
• Singapore to Hong Kong

Thai Airways

• Karachi to Muscat
• Hong Kong to Seoul
• Taipei to Seoul
• Taipei to Hong Kong
• Los Angeles to Seoul
• Los Angeles to Osaka

KLM

• Dammam to Kuwait
• Doha to Muscat
• Singapore to Denpasar
• Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta

Swiss Air

• Dubai to Muscat

Air France

• Los Angeles to Papeete
• Buenos Aires to Montevideo
• Jakarta to Singapore

LAN/TAM

• Auckland to Sydney
• Madrid to Frankfurt
• Miami to Punta Cana
• Miami to Caracas
• New York JFK to Toronto

Ethiopian Airlines

• Los Angeles to Dublin
• Lomé, via GRU when traveling eastbound to Rio de Janeiro
• Lomé, via GIG when traveling westbound to Sao Paulo
• Bamako to Dakar
• Bujumbura to Kigali
• Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur
• Cairo to Stockholm
• Bangkok to Singapore
• Cotonou to Abidjan
• Kigali to Entebbe
• Delhi to Hangzhou
• Malabo to Douala
• Malaysian Airlines
• Los Angeles to Tokyo

EVA Air

• Bangkok to Amsterdam
• Bangkok to Vienna
• Bangkok to London Heathrow

Etihad

• Beijing to Nagoya
• Singapore to Brisbane

Qantas

• Dubai to London

Lufthansa

• Baku to Ashgabat
• Abu Dhabi to Muscat

Sri Lankan

• Bangkok to Shanghai
• Bangkok to Guangzhou
• Bangkok to Hong Kong
• Bangkok to Beijing

Royal Jordanian

• Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur
• Bangkok to Hong Kong

Air Canada

• Buenos Aires to Santiago

Jet Airways

• Newark to Brussels
• Toronto to Brussels

Emirates

• Auckland to Sydney
• Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro
• Sydney to Auckland
• Colombo to Singapore
• Colombo to Malé
• Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne
• Singapore to Melbourne
• Bangkok to Sydney
• Malta to Larnaca
• Bangkok to Hong Kong
• Singapore to Brisbane
• Harare to Lusaka
• Hong Kong to Bankgok
• Brisbane to Auckland
• Melbourne to Auckland
• Sydney to Christchurch
• Accra to Abidjan
• New York JFK to Milan

Qatar Airways

• Buenos Aires to Sao Paulo
• Budapest to Zagreb
• Baku to Tbilisi
• Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City
• Bucharest to Sofia
• Johannesburg to Maputo
• Kuala Lumpur to Phuket
• Kigali to Entebbe
• Bangkok to Hanoi

Air New Zealand

• Los Angeles to London
• Los Angeles to Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Brussels Airlines

• Abidjan to Monrovia
• Bamako to Ouagadougou (one-way)
• Freetown to Banjul (one-way)
• Conakry to Banjul (one-way)

COPA Airlines

• San José, Costa Rica to Guatemala City
• San Pedro Sula to San José
• Managua to Guatemala City
• Tegucigalpa to San José
• San José to Managua

Korean Air

• Los Angeles to Sao Paulo
• Vienna to Zurich
• Honolulu to Tokyo