Originally Posted by Meerkat
CX buys the right to an early landing at LHR for one of its two late-night departures - off the top of my head I think it's CX251.
Indeed they do. There is a little wave of early morning heavies into LHR - BA from SIN and HKG, CX and VS from HKG swiftly followed by a couple of BA's African flights.
I think the earliest I have landed at LHR was 4.25am on BA. CX came in about 10 mins later as got on the bus at a remoate stand.