Lucky Route? Emirates Begins Its 13th Fifth Freedom Service On A Boeing 777-300ER

Fifth freedom flights are fun; the excitement increases if they involve an exotic carrier or an unusual aircraft and if tickets are inexpensive. It is where an airline flies A-B-C, with A being an airport in its home country. If it has traffic rights to carry passengers (and freight) between B-C and vice versa, legs that do not touch its homeland, it is a fifth freedom service. Emirates now has 13 of them on the 777 and Airbus A380, with number 13 lucky or unlucky for some on the 777-300ER.