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Flights to Sydney from New York


Flights to Sydney from New York

The New York to Sydney flight is well covered by a number of American, Oceanic and Asian based airlines. Major airlines that operate flights to Sydney (SYD) from New York (JFK) are; Air Tahiti Nui, US Airways, United Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Qantas Airways, Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Air New Zealand, Air Pacific and Malaysia Airlines.

Flight Duration

The flight to Sydney, Australia from New York is a 9,900 mile long-haul trip that will take around 21 hours flying time with a connecting stops within the United States mainland in either Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO) or Chicago Ohare (ORD) before flying onward across the Pacific Ocean to Australia.

Route Options

A stopover on any long haul flight is a welcome break from the unatural back-to-back movies and a broken sleep pattern giving passengers the opportunity to get off, stretch their legs and even stay a few nights on a stopover. Flights exiting New York (JFK) en route down under to Sydney have several exiting stopover options. Depending on your airline you can fly west across the Pacific for stopovers in Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Hong Kong, Japan and New Zealand, or alternatively fly eastward and stopover in the Middle East at Abu Dhabi. This really is a round the world trip with a grueling flying time of around 27 hours.

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