Qantas Is Moving To New York JFK's Terminal 8

Qantas Is Moving To New York JFK’s Terminal 8

Published: February 23, 2018

While this is specific, it’s great news for those flying Qantas from New York.

Qantas is moving from Terminal 7 to Terminal 8 at JFK as of April 3, 2018. For those of you not familiar with JFK, Terminal 7 is dominated by British Airways, while Terminal 8 is dominated by American Airlines, and is also significantly nicer.

The fact that Qantas is moving to Terminal 8 is great for those connecting from American Airlines flights, given that they won’t have to clear security again when connecting. Previously you’d have to exit Terminal 8, take the AirTrain to Terminal 7, and then clear security there again (which can be brutal in the evenings).

In terms of lounges, presently Qantas uses the British Airways Lounge at JFK, which I don’t find to be especially nice. The lounge is outdated, and food selection limited.

British Airways Lounge JFK

In Terminal 8, Qantas business class passengers, as well as oneworld Sapphire and Emerald members, will have access to the American Flagship Lounge. I’d say this is a significant improvement over the British Airways Lounge.

American Flagship Lounge JFK

So this move is great news in my opinion, especially for those connecting to or from an American Airlines flight. It’s nice to see the oneworld presence at Terminal 8 growing, as Cathay Pacific, Finnair, LATAM, and Qatar (at least for one of their daily flights), now depart from there as well.

Qantas offers a once daily flight between Los Angeles and New York, which operates with the following schedule:

QF11 Los Angeles to New York departing 8:20AM arriving 4:40PM
QF12 New York to Los Angeles departing 6:10PM arriving 9:00PM

This flight can only be booked in conjunction with an international itinerary. The flight is presently operated by a 747-400, and as of December 1, 2018, Qantas will begin using a 787-9 for the route, which seems like more appropriate capacity. Frankly I’m surprised the airline operates the route at all, given that they also codeshare with American on the route, and they provide plenty of capacity in the market. Qantas’ flight between Los Angeles and New York often causes flights to Australia to be delayed, given how tight the turn is. But I suspect Qantas wants to say that they fly to New York…

Are you happy to see Qantas move to Terminal 8 at JFK?

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Melbcollege Member

February 24, 2018, 6:58 am

@Ren a dogs LAX_JFk leg are all Aussie crews,proper hot meals and drinks served, proper AVOD at every seat. More like Sydney_Perth service.

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Rezzadogs Guest

February 23, 2018, 11:36 pm

Since moving to the UK, I no longer need to fly NYC to the Aussie East Coast, so this change doesn't directly affect me - but a few comments: - there is nothing nicer than hearing an Aussie greeting when boarding a plane when you've been away for a while. I'm not an uptight person, but I'm immediately relaxed when boarding QF metal (at least I used to be - see question below). - AA don't serve Bundaberg ginger beer, so being able to get it 7 hours earlier is a bonus - I find the security line at terminal 8 to be ridiculous - even in the express channel. The terminal 7 express line around the corner rarely has more than a few people waiting. Although my last trans-atl flight was from terminal 4, and that was a lot worse than terminal 8 - The BA first lounge is worse than the dreaded QF Business lounge in Melbourne. I'm glad to read that it is being improved. One question: QF uses a lot of British staff with an Aussie supervisor on LHR / DXB flights, and then Aussie staff on DXB / MEL ¦ SYD flights. I've always found the Brits to be hit & miss in their attitude and friendliness. Are Aussies or Americans used on the JFK / LAX sector?

Pierre Diamond

February 23, 2018, 6:53 pm

I would have hoped that before they open T8 to airlines which are not there yet, they'd make room for Qatar Aioway's 2nd daily flight. This sharing of 2 terminals by one airline is unheard of and does not seem to make much sense. Is there a logic behind positioning the flights where they are now ? Maybe, especially locating QR in T8 to allow more US connections but then why leave one flight in T7 ?

Crosscourt Member

February 23, 2018, 6:04 pm

Tend to agree with Ben and Maria. I'm a Qantas stalwart, and having a QF crew as much as possible is streets ahead to AA crews. And being QF Platinum1 and Chairman's Lounge member I want to be flying my national carrier as much as possible.

Alpha Guest

February 23, 2018, 4:15 pm

Good on Qantas. T7 is in truly awful as it currently stands. I'm sure it'll be tolerable once the renovations are completed but it's clear nobody at BA gave much consideration from a PaxEx experience and as a result everything is in shambles and services are woefully inadequate.

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