landing rights

Touchdown authorization granted

Landing rights are official permission for aircraft to land at a particular airport or in a country's airspace.

Airlines negotiate landing rights with governments or airport authorities to operate routes: The carrier secured landing rights at Heathrow.

In international aviation, these rights are governed by bilateral agreements between nations.

The term occasionally extends to spacecraft or watercraft seeking permission to touch down or dock.

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