Originally Posted by J.Edward

Those 777's - and to a lesser extent 787's - are expensive machines to hurl through the air. Perhaps one reason they sit for so long at HKG (or PEK, EZE, GIG, etc.) is that any incremental revenue gained through more service would not offset the incremental cost associated with operating the flight (to say nothing of performing MX or possessing the necessary rights to operate the flight). The reason there's no hub/gateway at LAX is the same reason there's none at GUM: it's just not believed to be economically viable by the current administration.