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Old Sep 5, 2018, 6:22 am
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Direct flights SYD JFK in January?
Havent been here for a while, so was wondering if anybody else had spotted the direct Qantas flights Sydney to New York using a Dreamliner, I presume starting in January.
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Old Sep 5, 2018, 6:29 am
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The 'direct' SYD-JFK flights QF11/12 are already being operated by A380 on the SYD-LAX leg and 787 on the LAX-JFK leg. The 787 physically operates BNE-LAX with a different flight number.
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Old Sep 5, 2018, 6:40 am
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Weren't they truly direct at an earlier stage, using the same physical 747 for SYD-LAX and LAX-JFK?
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Old Sep 5, 2018, 6:53 am
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
Weren't they truly direct at an earlier stage, using the same physical 747 for SYD-LAX and LAX-JFK?
Yes. Back in 2008 I flew it straight through (in Y )
a couple of hours @LAX to go through US Immigration and Customs
and then back on the near empty 747 for the flight to JFK
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Old Sep 5, 2018, 2:55 pm
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And the non-stop “May” start in about 2022.
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Old Sep 5, 2018, 3:29 pm
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Old Sep 5, 2018, 4:43 pm
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Sorry, made an error when looking at so many flights for somebody. Back into my box...
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 7:59 am
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
Weren't they truly direct at an earlier stage, using the same physical 747 for SYD-LAX and LAX-JFK?
A long, long time ago. Pre-A380 days. It's been operated by AKL-LAX, MEL-LAX and BNE-LAX over the years.
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Old Sep 11, 2018, 6:17 am
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
Weren't they truly direct at an earlier stage, using the same physical 747 for SYD-LAX and LAX-JFK?
Even longer ago it was operated by the same 707 ex SYD and it carried on to LHR (trans Atlantic).
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Old Sep 11, 2018, 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by og

Even longer ago it was operated by the same 707 ex SYD and it carried on to LHR (trans Atlantic).
Well, it didn’t go to LAX - in those days it was HNL-SFO-JFK.

My grandfather flew 707s for Qantas.
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Old Sep 11, 2018, 11:07 am
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Originally Posted by justinbrett
Well, it didn’t go to LAX - in those days it was HNL-SFO-JFK.
Yes indeed.
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