Originally Posted by
bcmatt
If you follow the links kindly provided by people in response to your first question, you'll find an explantion of the 8th and 9th freedoms. You do read your own threads, don't you? You are very keen on starting them, after all
But what you do not find from the links is the answer to the question.
If an airline from country A carries passengers between country B and country C, there are 3 separate cases enumerated as separate freedoms.
Carrying the passengers on a line A-B-C is enumerated as 5th freedom.
Carrying the passengers on a line B-A-C is enumerated as 6th freedom.
Carrying the passengers on a line B-C is enumerated as 7th freedom.
However, if an airline from country A carries passengers between two places in country B, this is enumerated as 2 separate freedoms.
Carrying the passengers on a line A-B-B is enumerated as 8th freedom. It resembles 5th freedom.
Carrying the passengers on a line B-B is enumerated as 9th freedom. It resembles 7th freedom.
So, 5th and 7th freedoms have analogues in 8th and 9th freedom. But what about 6th freedom? The links do not mention any analogue to 6th freedom, so they leave this without mention!