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Qantas will start a non-stop scheduled service from Auckland in New Zealand to
New York JFK in June 2023. The Australian company will compete with Air New
Zealand, which will start flying non-stop on this route as early as September.
With a distance of more than 14,200 kilometers Auckland to New York is in the
top five of longest scheduled services in the world.
 
Auckland is slightly closer to New York than Australian cities such as Sydney
and Melbourne, making that distance easier to bridge for the Boeing 787-9s
that Qantas will use on the flights. In a few years, Qantas wants to go
non-stop from Sydney to New York for Project Sunrise, but that will only
happen once the ordered Airbus A350-1000s have been delivered.
 
The Australian airline flies from almost all major Australian cities to
Auckland, where travelers can then transfer to flights to New York. The 787s
for the route come from Sydney. To ease the wait for premium passengers, the
Qantas lounges in Auckland are being renovated and merged into one large
lounge.
 
Pre-corona Qantas also flew to New York, but with a stopover in Los Angeles.
In recent years, Australians have increasingly focused on non-stop
ultralonghaul routes. Qantas now also flies from Perth to London and Rome in
one go. The airline notices that passengers are willing to pay extra for a
flight without a stop.

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