Ordinary Gweilo

A couple of years ago, Virgin added a second daily flight to London to their schedule to start in November.  I mentioned it, but then they quietly dropped it before starting the service.

Now it seems to be back, but unfortunately it is an afternoon flight from Hong Kong, arriving at Heathrow (boo) in the early evening (Virgin to go twice daily to Hong Kong):

Virgin Atlantic is to increase its Heathrow-Hong Kong service from daily to twice-daily by December.
The new flights will be added in two stages. Second daily services will be added at the end of October, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with flights departing Heathrow at 16.00 and arriving at Hong Kong at 12.30 the following day.

Return flights, on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, will depart Hong Kong at 14.15, arriving at Heathrow at 19.20 the same day.

Second daily flights will then be added to the remaining four days of the week in early December.
Virgin’s new services will complement its existing daily service which connects Heathrow with Hong Kong and Sydney.

Virgin Atlantic chief executive Steve Ridgway said: “East is the new West and this second daily service will offer our passengers even more opportunities via Hong Kong, which is the third-busiest long-haul route out of Heathrow after JFK and Dubai.”

East is the new West.  What does that mean?

Virgin did briefly have a second daily service a few years ago (only 3 days a week), but that was also an overnight flight.