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In Aviation there are the "5 Freedoms" which permit this, it is called Cabotage. However, each country has the ability to decide whether or not to permit Cabotage, i.e., the U.S. does not permit it in the contiguous 48.
In a nutshell the freedoms begin at most restrictive to least restrictive:
-can fly over a foreign country and will not be shot down
+can land for fuel, servicing but NO deplaning/enplaning of pax
+can drop pax
+can pick-up pax
=Cabotage (ability to fly inter-country)
Think of our Canadian Operations. US a/c are only permitted the first 4 freedoms, but not the 5th (we can go into YYX, drop freight + pick-up freight, fuel, etc. but we cannot go from YYX to YWG with freight).
My bet would be China needs us until they no longer need our speciality/background/services. They will keep a tight reign of employing their own pilots (if available) versus letting outsiders do the work. The Okay Airlines isn't new, just new to this service.
Hope this helps.
In a nutshell the freedoms begin at most restrictive to least restrictive:
-can fly over a foreign country and will not be shot down
+can land for fuel, servicing but NO deplaning/enplaning of pax
+can drop pax
+can pick-up pax
=Cabotage (ability to fly inter-country)
Think of our Canadian Operations. US a/c are only permitted the first 4 freedoms, but not the 5th (we can go into YYX, drop freight + pick-up freight, fuel, etc. but we cannot go from YYX to YWG with freight).
My bet would be China needs us until they no longer need our speciality/background/services. They will keep a tight reign of employing their own pilots (if available) versus letting outsiders do the work. The Okay Airlines isn't new, just new to this service.
Hope this helps.
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