Flying from Australia, Qantas providing great support and child able to lie down on long flight but parents are concerned how to get from New York airport to John Hopkins and after operation and lengthy treatment must make return journey back to New York for flight home with child needing 4 hourly care – mother a nurse so can provide the medical care. Family of 5 travelling.
Are there any air connections? Are they from JFK?
By car how far and approx. how long?
Any idea of cost of paying for car and driver if no flights?
Qantas does not operate nonstop flights to New York from Australia. None of the airlines do. All flights stop in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Once in California you clear customs and immigration, and then either re-board the same aircraft or connect to another flight altogether to travel to the east cost. Thus… I recommend connecting to a nonstop flight to Baltimore (BWI) from California (do not go to New York).
Most Australia-US flights go to Los Angeles. Qantas has nonstops from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. I would book one of these. From Los Angeles both United Airlines and Southwest Airlines offer nonstop service to Baltimore (BWI). When choosing between the two… keep in mind that Southwest is a “discount” airline that does not provide as many amenities (such as assigned seating and meals). American, Delta, Continental, Northwest, and others all serve this route with one-stop service.
Please note: Baltimore is a large city with a population of 2.5 million. That makes it bigger than both Perth and Brisbane! It has an international airport. Don’t confuse the city as a suburb of New York.
If, for whatever reason, you still need to go through New York… there are a FEW commuter flights that operate JFK-BWI, but no “regular jet” flights. They operate only at certain periods of the day and, if you miss the connection, might be hard to rebook. If you drive… hiring a car to take you three states away would be very hard to arrange and very expensive, if not impossible. If you rented a car you would have a 300+ km trip through Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, New Jersey, around Philadelphia, and through Delaware to get into Maryland… all on the right hand side of the road after a very long flight. All of these options would be more expensive than flying into Baltimore directly from California.
If you are committed to New York, let me know and I can help you with more details (flights, driving directions, etc).
I suggest contacting Johns Hopkins directly. I believe that they are used to these kinds of questions and would be happy to help. They might have some non-commercial options available for you. I wish you good luck. Johns Hopkins is very highly regarded and I’m proud to say that my paternal grandfather is an alumni.
Also, if you would like to talk privately please feel free to email me: goshawk3000@yahoo.com.
There is train service (Amtrac) between NY and Baltimore, hourly.
You’d have to get to Penn Station from JFK. There is bus service available.
Also, there is commuter air service from JFK to Baltimore (BWI) check American or Delta Airlines.
By car, you’re talking about 250 plus miles, and the traffic is incredible.
I wish your trip to America was under .better circumstances.
Johns Hopkinsis an EXCELLENT hospital.