Today, Qantas has resumed flights to the Big Apple, with services between New York and Sydney taking off for the first time in more than three years.

Operating by the state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner, QF4 will transit through Auckland, providing more options for your customers with a choice of 11 daily flights across the Tasman to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, then onwards to more than 65 domestic destinations.

Flights from New York will initially operate three days per week with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, increasing to four from October, offering more than 1,800 seats on the route each week. 

The launch of the route has been made possible by the delivery of new B787 aircraft in recent weeks and brings Qantas closer to returning our international capacity to what it was before COVID.  

The Qantas Group is expected to return to around 100 per cent of our international network pre-COVID capacity by March 2024, up from around 85 per cent of pre-COVID levels today. This is a significant increase from just 45 per cent 12 months ago.  

Qantas now operates three of the top five longest flights in the world, including Perth-London and Dallas-Melbourne, as we increase our focus on direct routes that are also among the most popular with customers. Qantas’ Perth to London service has the highest customer satisfaction rating on the international network.  

Teams across Qantas have been preparing for the launch, with an advanced cloud-based flight planning system that models flights paths, measuring flights times and winds, to determine the optimal route.  

To celebrate the launch of the new route, Qantas has introduced several customer initiatives onboard QF3 and QF4, including limited edition pyjamas and amenity kits designed by Australian designer Rebecca Vallance for your Business passengers and New York inspired menu items throughout the aircraft.

Qantas is also progressing plans for a major overhaul of our Auckland International Lounge as part of a $100 million investment in new and upgraded lounges. The lounge will offer more space and feature the best of local design, food and wine when it opens in mid-2024.