Fifth Freedom rights include the rights of foreign air carriers to carry passengers between other countries, outside its own; cabotage is the right of foreign air carriers to fly domestic flights inside another country.
Would Sir Branson, BA or the British Government, for example, object to Cubana or Lloyd Aero Boliviano, or Bangladesh Biman, to set up shop in the UK and operate 20 flights per day between LHR and MAN . . . to generate hard currency?