Interesting ... looks like they are doing the SYD flights first.
A work associate who I helped with an XASA MEL-xSYD-(QF127)-HKG late last year for April received an email today with a change booting him to the direct QF29 flight.
With this the notified scheduled arrival in HKG has changed from 5:30pm (QF127) to 9:00pm (QF29)- he was annoyed the much later arrival showing as it would muck up some plans he had for that evening.
I showed him the ASX .pdf and explained he will be moved again to a 5:10pm arrival and he is much happier.
Also qantas have published the information on their agents site:
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