Click Here
There are 7 "Freedom of the Air" commercial aviation rights.
The fifth freedom allows an airline to carry revenue traffic between foreign countries as a part of services connecting the airline's own country. It is the right to carry passengers from one's own country to a second country, and from that country to a third country (and so on).
Fifth Freedom flights are often heavily discounted and it is prudent to keep abreast of the current 5th Freedom routes.
Here is a list of (nearly) all 5th Freedom sectors:
**********Updated January 14, 2020 - still have to update Americas and Europe)***********
From | To | 5th Freedom Airline |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Dakar | Kenya Airways |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Dakar | RwandAir |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Accra | Emirates |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Accra | South African Airways |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Cotonou | RwandAir |
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Cotonou | Tunis Air |
Accra (Ghana) | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Emirates |
Accra (Ghana) | Abuja | RwandAir |
Accra (Ghana) | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | South African Airways |
Accra (Ghana) | Freetown | Kenya Airways |
Accra (Ghana) | Lagos | Ethiopian Airlines |
Accra (Ghana) | Lagos | Air Namibia |
Accra (Ghana) | Monrovia | Kenya Airways |
Accra (Ghana) | Washington DC | South African Airways |
Addis Ababa | Djibouti | Kenya Airways |
Adelaide | Denpasar | Malindo Air |
Amsterdam | Bangkok | Eva Airways |
Amsterdam | Toronto | Jet Airways |
Antigua | St Kitts | British Airways |
Antigua | Tobago | British Airways |
Antigua | Turks and Caicos | British Airways |
Apia | Honolulu | Fiji Airways |
Aruba | Miami | Surinam Airways |
Asuncion | Cordoba | Air Europa |
Athens | New York (EWR) | Emirates |
Auckland | Brisbane | China Airlines |
Auckland | Denpasar | Emirates |
Auckland | Rarotonga (Cook Is) | Jetstar |
Auckland | Rarotonga (Cook Is) | Virgin Australia |
Auckland | Sydney | LATAM Airlines Chile |
Auckland | Nukuʻalofa (Tonga) | Virgin Australia |
Bahrain | Kuwait | KLM |
Bahrain | Dubai | Cathay Pacific |
Bangkok | Amsterdam | Eva Airways |
Bangkok | Guangzhou | Kenya Airways |
Bangkok | Hong Kong | Egypt Air |
Bangkok | Hong Kong | Emirates |
Bangkok | Hong Kong | Ethiopian Airlines |
Bangkok | Hong Kong | Royal Jordanian Airlines |
Bangkok | Kolkata | Bhutan Airlines |
Bangkok | Kuala Lumpur | Royal Jordanian Airlines |
Bangkok | London LHR | Eva Airways |
Bangkok | Phnom Penh | Emirates |
Bangkok | Singapore | Cathay Pacific |
Bangkok | Vienna | Eva Airways |
Bangkok DMK | Osaka | Scoot |
Bangkok DMK | Tokyo NRT | Scoot |
Bangui | Entebbe | Kenya Airways |
Beijing | Nagoya | Etihad Airways |
Beijing | Tokyo NRT | PIA |
Berlin TXL | Moscow SVO | MIAT |
Bilund | Dusseldorf | British Airways |
Brisbane | Auckland | China Airlines |
Brisbane | Denpasar | Malindo Air |
Brisbane | Norfolk Island | Air New Zealand |
Brisbane | Singapore | Emirates |
Budapest | Chicago ORD | LOT Polish Airlines |
Budapest | London LCY | LOT Polish Airlines |
Budapest | New York JFK | LOT Polish Airlines |
Buenos Aires EZE | Rio de Janeiro | Emirates |
Buenos Aires EZE | Santiago | KLM |
Buenos Aires EZE | Santiago | Air Canada |
Buenos Aires EZE | Sao Paolo | Ethiopian Airlines |
Buenos Aires EZE | Sao Paulo | Turkish Airlines |
Buenos Aires EZE | Sao Paulo | Qatar Airways |
Bujumbura | Kigali | Ethiopian Airlines |
Bujumbura | Kigali | Kenya Airways |
Cape Town | Harare | Rwandair |
Cape Town | Livingstone | Kenya Airways |
Cape Town | Victoria Falls | Kenya Airways |
Catania | Vienna | Air Malta |
Chicago ORD | Budapest | LOT Polish Airlines |
Chennai | Dhaka | Maldivian |
Christchurch | Sydney | Emirates |
Colombo | Male | China Eastern |
Colombo | Male | China Southern |
Colombo | Male | Korean Airlines |
Colombo | Male | Emirates |
Cordoba | Asuncion | Air Europa |
Cotonou | Abidjan | RwandAir |
Cotonou | Abidjan | Tunis Air |
Cotonou | Libreville | RwandAir |
Conakry | Ouagadougou | Turkish Airlines |
Conakry | Dakar (Senegal) | Emirates |
Conakry | Dakar (Senegal) | Ethiopian Airlines |
Dakar (Senegal) | Bamako (Mali) | Ethiopian Airlines |
Dakar (Senegal) | Bamako (Mali) | Kenya Airways |
Dakar (Senegal) | Bamako (Mali) | TunisAir |
Dakar (Senegal) | Conakry | Ethiopian Airlines |
Dakar (Senegal) | Washington DC | South African Airways |
Dakar (Senegal) | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Kenya Airways |
Dammam | Muscat | KLM |
Da Nang | Siem Reap | Silk Air |
Delhi | Kathmandu | Bhutan Airlines |
Delhi | Kathmandu | Drukair |
Denpasar | Auckland | Emirates |
Denpasar | Adelaide | Malindo Air |
Denpasar | Brisbane | Malindo Air |
Denpasar | Melbourne | Malindo Air |
Denpasar | Singapore | KLM |
Denpasar | Sydney | Malindo Air |
Dhaka | Chennai | Maldivian |
Djibouti | Addis Ababa | Kenya Airways |
Djibouti | Mogadishu | Turkish Airlines |
Doula | Libreville | RwandAir |
Dubai | Bahrain | Cathay Pacific |
Dubai | Mombasa | Rwandair |
Dubai | Muscat | Swiss Air |
Dublin | Edinburgh | Hainan Airlines |
Durban | Gaborone | Air Namibia |
Dusseldorf | Bilund | British Airways |
Dusseldorf | Friedrichshafen | British Airways |
Edinburgh | Dublin | Hainan Airlines |
Entebbe | Bangui | Kenya Airways |
Entebbe | Juba | Ethiopian Airlines |
Entebbe | Juba | Rwandair |
Entebbe | Nairobi | Rwandair |
Frankfurt | Madrid | LATAM Airlines |
Frankfurt | New York JFK | Singapore Airlines |
Freetown | Accra | Kenya Airways |
Freetown | Monrovia | Brussels Airlines |
Freetown | Monrovia | Kenya Airways |
Freetown | Monrovia | KLM |
Freetown | Ouagadougou | Turkish Airlines |
Friedrichshafen | Dusseldorf | British Airways |
Friedrichshafen | Hamburg | British Airways |
Gaborone | Durban | Air Namibia |
Georgetown (Guyana) | Miami | Surinam Airways |
Grand Cayman Islands | Nassau | British Airways |
Grenada | Saint Lucia UCF | British Airways |
Guam | Osaka | T'way Air |
Guam | Osaka | Jeju Air |
Guangzhou | Bangkok | Kenya Airways |
Guangzhou | Mumbai | Rwandair |
Guangzhou | Reunion | Air Madagascar |
Guatemala City | Miami | Avianca El Salvador |
Guatemala City | New York JFK | Avianca Costa Rica |
Hamburg | Friedrichshafen | British Airways |
Hamburg | Saarbrücken | Lux Air |
Harare | Cape Town | RwandAir |
Harare | Johannesburg | British Airways |
Harare | Lusaka | Emirates |
Harare | Lusaka | Ethiopian Airlines |
Harare | Lusaka | Kenya Airways |
Havana | Montreal | Air China |
Ho Chi Minh City | Phnom Penh | Qatar Airways |
Hong Kong | Bangkok | Egypt Air |
Hong Kong | Bangkok | Emirates |
Hong Kong | Bangkok | Ethiopian Airlines |
Hong Kong | Bangkok | Royal Jordanian Airlines |
Hong Kong | San Francisco | Singapore Airlines |
Honiara | Port Vila | Air Niugini |
Honolulu | Apia | Fiji Airways |
Honolulu | Kiribati | Fiji Airways |
Honolulu | Osaka | Air Asia X |
Honolulu | Tokyo NRT | Korean Airlines |
Houston | Manchester | Singapore Airlines |
Houston | Panama City | Air China |
Jakarta | Kuala Lumpur | KLM |
Johannesburg | Harare | British Airways |
Johannesburg | Livingstone | British Airways |
Johannesburg | Lusaka | Rwandair |
Johannesburg | Mauritius | British Airways |
Johannesburg | Victoria Falls | British Airways |
Johannesburg | Windhoek | British Airways |
Kaohsiung | Osaka | Scoot |
Karachi | Muscat | Thai Airways |
Kathmandu | Delhi | Bhutan Airlines |
Kathmandu | Delhi | Drukair |
Kigali | Bujumbura | Kenya Airways |
Kigali | Bujumbura | Ethiopian Airlines |
Kinshasa | Libreville | Turkish Airlines |
Kiribati | Majuro | Nauru Airlines |
Kiribati | Honolulu | Fiji Airways |
Kolkata | Bangkok BKK | Bhutan Airlines |
Koror | Manila | United Airlines |
Krabi | Yangon | FlyDubai |
Kuala Lumpur | Bangkok | Royal Jordanian Airlines |
Kuala Lumpur | Jakarta | KLM |
Kuala Lumpur | Singapore | Air Mauritius |
Kuala Lumpur | Singapore | Ethiopian Airlines |
Lima | New York JFK | LATAM |
Livingstone | Cape Town | Kenya Airways |
From | To | 5th Freedom Airline |
Lome (Togo) | Los Angeles | Ethiopian Airlins |
Lome (Togo) | New York (EWR) | Ethiopian Airlines |
London LCY | Budapest | LOT Polish Airlines |
London LHR | Bangkok | Eva Airways |
London LHR | Los Angeles | Air New Zealand |
London LHR | Singapore | Qantas |
Los Angeles | Lome | Ethiopian Airlines |
Los Angeles | London LHR | Air New Zealand |
Los Angeles | Paris | Air Tahiti Nui |
Los Angeles | Rarotonga | Air New Zealand |
Los Angeles | Tahiti | Air France |
Los Angeles | Tokyo NRT | Singapore Airlines |
Lusaka | Harare | Emirates |
Lusaka | Harare | Ethiopian Airlines |
Lusaka | Harare | Kenya Airways |
Lusaka | Harare | RwandAir |
Lusaka | Johannesburg | RwandAir |
Madrid | Frankfurt | LATAM Airlines |
Madrid | Sao Paolo (GRU) | Air China |
Majuro | Kiribati | Nauru Airlines |
Male | Colombo | China Eastern |
Male | Colombo | China Southern |
Male | Colombo | Emirates |
Male | Colombo | Korean Airlines |
Malta | Larnaca (Cyprus) | Emirates |
Managua (Nicaragua) | Miami | Avianca El Salvador |
Manchester | Houston | Singapore Airlines |
Manila | Koror | United Airlines |
Manila | Tokyo NRT | Delta |
Melbourne | Denpasar |
Malindo Air |
Melbourne | Singapore | Emirates |
Melbourne | Wellington | Singapore Airlines |
Miami | Aruba | Surinam Airways |
Miami | Georgetown (Guyana) | Surinam Airways |
Miami | Guatemala City | Avianca El Salvador |
Miami | Managua (Nicaragua) | Avianca El Salvador |
Miami | Port-au-Prince (Haiti) | Air France |
Miami | Punta Cana (DR) | LATAM |
Miami | San Pedro Sula (Honduras) | Avianca El Salvador |
Milan MXP | New York JFK | Emirates |
Mogadishu | Djibouti | Turkish Airlines |
Mombasa | Dubai | RwandAir |
Monrovia | Accra | Kenya Airways |
Monrovia | Freetown | Kenya Airways |
Montreal | Havana | Air China |
Moscow DME | Stockholm ARN | Singapore Airlines |
Moscow SVO | Munich TXL | MIAT |
Mumbai | Guangzhou | Rwandair |
Muscat | Dammam | KLM |
Muscat | Dubai | Swiss Air |
Muscat | Karachi | Thai Airways |
N'Djamena | Nairobi | Royal Air Maroc |
Nadi | Wallis Island | Air Calin |
Naha | Taipei | Air Asia X |
Nagoya | Beijing | Etihad Airways |
Nagoya | Taipei | Cathay Pacific |
Nairobi | Entebbe | Rwandair |
Nairobi | N'Djamena | Royal Air Maroc |
Nassau | Grand Cayman Islands | British Airways |
New York EWR | Abidjan | Ethiopian Airlines |
New York EWR | Athens | Emirates |
New York EWR | Lome (Togo) | Ethiopian Airlines |
New York JFK | Budapest | LOT Polish Airlines |
New York JFK | Guatemala City | Avianca Costa Rica |
New York JFK | Frankfurt | Singapore Airlines |
New York JFK | Milan MXP | Emirates |
New York JFK | Lima | LATAM |
New York JFK | San Pedro Sula (Honduras) | Avianca El Salvador |
New York JFK | Vancouver | Cathay Pacific |
Norfolk Island | Brisbane | Air New Zealand |
Norfolk Island | Sydney | Air New Zealand |
Nukuʻalofa | Auckland | Virgin Australia |
Oslo | Stockholm | Ethiopian Airlines |
Osaka | Bangkok DMK | Scoot |
Osaka | Guam | Jeju Air |
Osaka | Guam | T'Way Air |
Osaka | Honolulu | Air Asia X |
Osaka | Kaohsiung | Scoot |
Osaka | Taipei | Air Asia X |
Osaka | Taipei | Cathay Pacific |
Ouagadougou | Conkary | Turkish Airlines |
Ouagadougou | Freetown | Turkish Airlines |
Panama City | Houston | Air China |
Paris | Los Angeles | Air Tahiti Nui |
Papeete | San Francisco | French Bee |
Phnom Penh | Bangkok | Emirates |
Phnom Penh | Ho Chi Minh City | Qatar Airways |
Phnom Penh | Vientiane | Vietnam Airlines |
Port au Prince (Haiti) | Miami | Air France |
Port of Spain | St Lucia UVF | British Airways |
Port Vila | Honiara | Air Niugini |
Prague | Zurich | Sichuan Airlines |
Punta Cana (DR) | Miami | LATAM |
Rarotonga (Cook Is) | Auckland | Jetstar |
Rarotonga (Cook Is) | Auckland | Virgin Australia |
Rarotonga (Cook Is) | Los Angeles | Air New Zealand |
Rarotonga (Cook Is) | Sydney | Air New Zealand |
Reunion | Guangzhou | Air Madagascar |
Rio de Janeiro | Buenos Aires EZE | Emirates |
Saarbrücken | Hamburg | Lux Air |
Saint Kitts | Antigua | British Airways |
Saint Lucia UCF | Grenada | British Airways |
Saint Lucia UCF | Port of Spain | British Airways |
San Francisco | Hong Kong | Singapore Airlines |
San Francisco | Papeete | French Bee |
San Pedro Sula | Miami | Avianca El Salvador |
San Pedro Sula | New York JFK | Avianca El Salvador |
Santiago | Buenos Aires EZE | Air Canada |
Santiago | Buenos Aires EZE | KLM |
Santiago | Sao Paulo | Emirates |
Sao Paulo | Buenos Aires EZE | Turkish Airlines |
Sao Paulo | Buenos Aires EZE | Qatar Airways |
Sao Paulo | Buenos Aires EZE | Ethiopian Airlines |
Sao Paulo | Madrid | Air China |
Sao Paulo | Santiago (Chile) | Emirates |
Sao Paulo | Tel Aviv | LATAM |
Sapporo | Taipei | Scoot |
Seoul | Taipei | Cathay Pacific |
Seoul | Taipei | Scoot |
Seoul | Taipei | Thai Airways |
Seoul | Tokyo NRT | Ethiopian Airlines |
Siem Reap | Da Nang | Silk Air |
Singapore | Bangkok | Cathay Pacific |
Singapore | Brisbane | Emirates |
Singapore | Denpasar | KLM |
Singapore | Kuala Lumpur | Air Mauritius |
Singapore | Kuala Lumpur | Ethiopian Airlines |
Singapore | London LHR | Qantas |
Singapore | Melbourne | Emirates |
Singapore | Surabaya | China Airlines |
Singapore | Sydney | British Airways |
Stockholm | Moscow DME | Singapore Airlines |
Stockholm | Oslo | Ethiopian Airlines |
Surabaya | Singapore | China Airlines |
Sydney | Auckland | LATAM Airlines (Chile) |
Sydney | Christchurch | Emirates |
Sydney | Denpasar | Malindo Air |
Sydney | Norfolk Island | Air New Zealand |
Sydney | Rarotonga (Cook Islands) | Air New Zealand |
Sydney | Singapore | British Airways |
Taipei | Naha |
Air Asia X |
Taipei | Nagoya | Cathay Pacific |
Taipei | Osaka | Air Asia X |
Taipei | Osaka | Cathay Pacific |
Taipei | Sapporo | Malindo Air |
Taipei | Sapporo | Scoot |
Taipei | Seoul | Cathay Pacific |
Taipei | Seoul | Scoot |
Taipei | Seoul | Thai Airways |
Taipei | Tokyo NRT | Cathay Pacific |
Taipei | Tokyo NRT | Scoot |
Tel Aviv | Sao Paolo (GRU) | Latam |
Tobago | Antigua | British Airways |
Tokyo NRT | Bangkok DMK | Scoot |
Tokyo NRT | Beijing | PIA |
Tokyo NRT | Honolulu | Korean Airlines |
Tokyo NRT | Los Angeles | Singapore Airlines |
Tokyo NRT | Manila | Delta |
Tokyo NRT | Seoul | Ethiopian Airlines |
Tokyo NRT | Taipei | Cathay Pacific |
Tokyo NRT | Taipei | Scoot |
Toronto | Amsterdam | Jet Airways |
Turks & Caicos | Antigua | British Airways |
Vancouver | New York JFK | Cathay Pacific |
Victoria Falls | Cape Town | Kenya Airways |
Victoria Falls | Gaborone | Ethiopian Airlines |
Vienna | Bangkok | Eva Airways |
Vienna | Catania | Air Malta |
Vientiane | Phnom Penh | Vietnam Airlines |
Wallis Island | Nadi | Air Calinx |
Washington DC | Dakar | South African Airways |
Washington DC | Accra | South African Airways |
Wellington | Melbourne | Singapore Airlines |
Windhoek | Johannesburg | British Airways |
Yangon | Krabi | FlyDubai |
Yaounde | Libreville | Kenya Airways |
Zurich | Prague | Sichuan Airlines |
Contact Us
Email: glenn@flypointyend.com