Direct Air Links?

Many countries (including the United States) have dependent territories around the world. I saw a news story on the TV that said the true way for a dependent territory to show its allegiance to the "mother country" in the 21st Century is whether they have direct air travel to the "mother country" or not. So I decided to look up a few and see whether they did or not.

Note: The "mother country" is in bold.

Australia:

- Christmas Island = Yes

- Cocos Islands = No

- Norfolk island = Yes

Denmark:

- Faroe Islands = Yes

- Greenland = Yes

France:

- Guadeloupe = Yes

- Martinique = Yes

- Mayotte = Yes

- Reunion = Yes

- French Guiana = Yes

- French Polynesia = Yes

- New Caledonia = Yes

- Saint Barthelemy = No

- Saint Martin = No

- Saint Pierre and Miquelon = No

- Wallis and Futuna = No

Netherlands:

- Aruba = Yes

- Bonaire = Yes

- Curacao = Yes

- Saba = No

- Sint Eustatius = No

- Sint Maarten = Yes

New Zealand:

- Cook Islands = Yes

- Niue = Yes

- Tokelau = No

United Kingdom:

- Anguilla = No

- Cayman Islands = Yes

- Gibraltar = Yes

- Montserrat = No

- Pitcain Islands = No

- Turks and Caicos Islands = Yes

- Saint Helena = No

- Ascension = Yes

- South Georgia = No

- Bermuda = Yes

- British Virgin Islands = No

- Falkland Islands = Yes

- Akrotiri = No

- Guernsey = Yes

- Jersey = Yes

- Isle of Man = Yes

United States:

- American Samoa = Yes

- Guam = Yes

- Northern Mariana Islands = No

- Puerto Rico = Yes

- US Virgin Islands = Yes

I don't know if you can show your allegiance by having a direct air link or if your geographical location helps to determine whether you have an airport and if that airport can accommodate a large plane needed to fly the distance to the "mother country." Regardless, you would think that if a territory wanted its independence then it could usually vote for it and gain it.