Could airlines skirt the electronics travel ban by just doing a touch-and-go landing at an intermediate European airport?
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Replying to @Pinboard
Besides being very expensive, you are looking at violations of the Open Skies treaties which are a the heart of this issue.
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Replying to @zeynep
oh god, don’t make me have to remember what the Sixth Freedom is!
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Replying to @Pinboard
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/business/us-airlines-challenge-open-skies-agreements.html … and http://www.openandfairskies.com/frequently-asked-questions/ … etc. tl;dr subsidies plus hub fees/rights plus who can fly direct where...
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Replying to @zeynep
technical and refueling stops are part of the Second Freedom, though, which is pretty universal
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Replying to @Pinboard
fake refueling stops are not... there was a new athens-US direct arrangement for gulf airlines that was making waves recently.
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Replying to @zeynep
a bigger issue is maintenance; the planes that fly these routes are not designed for frequent landings, meant to be in air 20hrs/day
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Replying to @Pinboard
I hope you are ready for the next stage in which lowest fare people are put in the cargo hold... *with their laptops*
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some executive somewhere going hmmmm
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