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autarky15 Apr 1, 2016 3:08 am
Circle flights?
 
Hey guys
I'm not sure what these kind of flights are called does anyone know?
It's flights like Emirates going from Cebu to Clark and these other "cabotage" flights. I was wondering if there was a name for these kind of flights which are "shorter" and if there's a list of them
Thanks

LondonElite Apr 1, 2016 3:13 am
I don't understand your question. Do you mean fifth freedom flights?

autarky15 Apr 1, 2016 3:24 am
Originally Posted by LondonElite (Post 26419363)
I don't understand your question. Do you mean fifth freedom flights?
YES! Thanks so much!!

shuigao Apr 1, 2016 3:54 am
Originally Posted by autarky15 (Post 26419388)
YES! Thanks so much!!
"fifth freedom" doesn't necessarily mean the flight is short, though. it just means a carrier from country A flies a flight between countries B and C.

LondonElite Apr 1, 2016 3:57 am
No, but ninth (and usually eighth) freedom flights usually are.

pinniped Apr 1, 2016 8:45 am
I thought a circle trip was a mostly out-of-date term for a multi-city itin that had no open jaws. A-B-C-A.

The only time I've seen it recently with any specific meaning is a few years back on one of the alliance-wide awards. A regional circle award or something like that...

sbm12 Apr 2, 2016 6:49 am
Originally Posted by pinniped (Post 26420589)
I thought a circle trip was a mostly out-of-date term for a multi-city itin that had no open jaws. A-B-C-A.
That is what it means and it is not out-of-date.

Originally Posted by LondonElite (Post 26419363)
I don't understand your question. Do you mean fifth freedom flights?
The route described by the OP - CEB-CRK - is not a 5th freedom flight as it is wholly within the Philippines. It is an 8th freedom flight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air


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