Qantas is gearing up to go from the city of sails to the Big Apple in a 16 hour flight.
The Australian airline begins its Auckland to New York flight tomorrow, after years of planning and nine months after Air New Zealand launched its service for the route.
Chief Executive, Alan Joyce told Mike Hosking there's big demand for the route, and they'll be competing directly with our national airline.
He says the route works well for Qantas, due to the huge amount of traffic going from Australia to New Zealand and onto the US and vice-versa.
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