Originally Posted by
bioblot
Otherwise the HKG service could reasonably leave at 7pm for a midnight arrival (instead of midnight for 5am) but many people would have difficulty getting home from Heathrow so late.
And quite a few airlines tried the daytime HKG-LHR flights (QF, BA, NZ) -all attempts failed. CX is the only successful airline to operate the daytime HKG-LHR flights, but this is thanks to feed from other regional and AU flights, rather then because of the local traffic.
And welcome to FT!