I was thinking VA might be doing this long lay-over on purpose given their JV with HX. A morning departure, especially one that's before 10 am, won't give HX any chance to bring in passengers from China, Japan, Korea.It's just like what CZ did for their CAN-MEL flight back when they only have 1 d...

*everyday* should be *every time*, my apologies

Since the MEL-HKG departs at 0030 everyday, the "Saturday" flight is actually the "Friday" evening flight right? Seems like Flynn step on one of the "early morning" schedule trap here. So I would say the new MEL-HKG schedule still quite good for corporate travelers or anyone like me, who want to ...