Virgin Australia's Hong Kong flights: what do you want to see?

Personally I'd prefer daytime flights in both directions both to and from HKG.

This is exactly why I prefer Cathay to Qantas, I like a daytime flight both ways. It's also good if the client's budget is tight because a daytime flight in premium economy is bearable, but overnight flights on Qantas means economy.

With regard to the Virgin flights, I am keen to give them a try because the crew always give stellar service, the meals are great and I am happy to support 'the other guy', and a daytime flight would work very well for me. Overnight from HKG is less ideal but if you're in business class that's better than sitting further back.

Qantas does not have one flight a day. Iits twice day with QF117/128 and QF118/128

Certainly daytime flights to HKG; happy with either day or overnight on the return. I recently did the CX flight that leaves HKG at lunchtime and gets to BNE at 11pm - was a great way to do it.

The latter! Get in late afternoon, wind down and start refreshed the next day. Plus there's more time to enjoy the flight on day flights and less body clock disruption I find. 

A reasonable schedule for starters to be competitive against the existing carriers.I am thinking 11AM OR 12PM ex Sydney or Melbourne even if it means for say Adelaide passengers getting the 7am flights over and ex Melbourne 7am or 8am over while coming home something that can provide a decent connection back to Sydney to connect to the cities mentioned.Whatever it is they ultimately offer it has to be better than flying Singapore Airlines via Singapore and the schedules they offer which are sensible but don't arrive at the other end just after 10pm at night.

With only one flight per day, the timing proposed by VA makes sense.  It is not particularly innovative but would appear to appeal to the broadest audience and maximise aircraft utilisation.

The flights need to be timed well for connections to/from Taiwan, followed by the mainland. Day flights ex HK only serve HK so my preference is overnight back to OZ. Qantas and CX have good schedules, but would love to see an overnight SYD-HK on Qantas. 

I don't mind flying up in the day to get into Hong Kong in the late afternoon or early evening. By them I'm pretty tired, I can have dinner and an early night because I'm still on AU time and there is a few hours' difference.

0130? What about SYD curfew?

if the VA flight leaves from melbourne what lounge will it use?

Just checked myself and it's showing two flights for VA on those days.

Yes, all this inconsistency is precisely why we are advising readers not to take anything as Gospel for now!

With SYD-HKG and MEL-HKG being a good 9 hours, overnight flights are the best to hit the ground running with enough sleep in both directions. That being said, with a small, stretched-out widebody fleet, it doesn't make much business sense to keep those planes sitting on the tarmac (just like what ANA and Qantas do for their SYD-HKG flights) just to give us overnighters in both directions.

Why not time the HKG to Aus leg based on the Virgin Atlantic flight from LHR? Maybe the answer lies in an Aussie arrival time there?

I actually like two schedules in regards to AU - HKG. 

My wife and I can't wait for Virgin to flydirect to Hong Kong as we could then have our luggage transferred directly to the Virgin Atlantic flight to Heathrow. Mind you would prefer if Virgin Atlantic recommenced their Sydney-Hong Kong-Heathrow route again save having to go through multiple airlines to do the same thing

It also makes more sense for overnight flights both ways, or an early morning departure from Australia and overnight return, to connect to the mainland with Hong Kong Airlines, given their recent HNA Group tie-up. Most of their flights in and out of HKG are daytime flights so VA will want to capture as much of that transiting market as possible

I mostly fly business when i travel overseas, i find the best use of business class is for destinations which are very different to australia's and i benefit immensely with night sector of the flights (read LAX, South American or Middle east). when the time difference is 2-3 hrs, overnight flights are not particularly useful unless that is your final destination. This is my personal preference. BNE-HKG or SYD-HKG is best done during day time (for me !)

daytime flights are best for those of us who are at C-Level and will only get approval for economy or premium economy, i don't like travelling on personal time as i may not get it back in lieu later...

Daytime flights for me, especially if I'm stuck in economy. Last year I did a lot of flying to and from Hong Kong, project budget was ridiculously tight so it was all economy or on a good sale premium economy, so I went with CX because I could choose daytime flights both ways.

Daytime flights preferred but occasionally us CX to get to London so its a case of whatever scheduling is required to avoid a long layover in HK for the Europe leg. 

overnight both ways, so can sleep !!!

Bring back QF88 AJ !!

+1 for timing that allows a reasonable connection to VS to London. I miss the VS LHR<>HKG<>SYD route.

Where are those in VA close enough to the real details, that "anonymously" couldn't feed us some details.... :-p

Appears to be showing two flights SYD-HKG but only one coming back HKG-SYD. With VA80 departing at 0035 not possible after as it's after Sydneys curfew I wonder if the 0035 departure could actually be a yet to be listed BNE-HKG flight. Perhaps they have not officially announced anything yet as they are awaiting formal approvals with MEL & SYD most likely sorted and BNE being the final piece of the puzzle for a tri-east coast-HKG setup. 

I fly this route a lot. If I in business, I prefer night flights, CX178 is basically perfect timing for a good night's sleep. If I can't get into business, I prefer the afternoon flights so I can get into HKG and sleep in a hotel. On the way back, I would prefer to leave about 10:30-11 but the closest is CX105 at midnight. You get a good sleep and arrive in MEL at 11am or noon depending on daylight saving, so if you don't sleep well it is only half a day to get through.   

Morning flights from AU -HK is good as people can have lunch in the flight. The flights will allow the pax to arrive in HK safely.