Originally Posted by
nomad1974
Actually, it's your facts that are not right. 9W DOES have 5th freedom rights from BRU to the US, as well as from other European cities, via BRU, to the US. Just as an example, they do serve LYS-BRU-NYC, with LYS-BRU operated (as a codeshare), by SN.
Wow. Your logic, quite frankly, is quite illogical.
How does asking "Does 9W have 5th Freedom rights from BRU?" amount to being wrong? I wasn't sure if it did. That's why I asked. As a matter of fact, I have come across people stating that it didn't.
You are right that 9W does, indeed have 5th freedom rights in BRU, but your understanding of 5th freedom is less than adequate. You are misinformed if you think that 9W has unlimited 5th freedom rights in any European city. Jet Airways. 5th freedom rights are limited to BRU and one other Euroepan city. Moreover, the number of frequencies is limited to 21 each way. With frequency limitation, BRU hub could hard be the basis of a long term expansion.
A flight that's being code shared does not need 5th freedom rights.