Emirates to scale up London Heathrow...

Additional flights will operate between 31 October 2023 and 30 March 2024

Emirates will operate an additional five weekly flights to London Heathrow this winter.

The airline said the temporary service will be introduced to meet customer demand.

Emirates currently operates six daily A380 flights to London Heathrow. The additional flights will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and will be served by a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, fitted in a three-class configuration split between First, Business and Economy classes.

Emirates flight EK41 will depart Dubai at 13:20 and arrive at London Heathrow at 17:20. The return flight on EK42 will depart London Heathrow at 20:15 and arrive in Dubai at 07:15 the following day.

Emirates UK divisional vice-president Richard Jewsbury said: “As we gear up to the peak travel season this winter, we’re pleased to offer customers enhanced connectivity to Dubai and onwards to popular destinations such as India, the Maldives, Bali and Australia.

“We continue to see sustained market demand across our network and look forward to welcoming our customers from London and the surrounding region onboard Emirates.”

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Emirates continues to restore its UK services with the recent resumption of its A380 service to Birmingham and Glasgow, double daily services to Stansted and additional services to Newcastle and London Gatwick.

The airline currently serves the UK with 126 weekly flights including: six times daily A380 service to London Heathrow, three times daily A380 service to Gatwick, twice daily service to Stansted, three times daily A380 service to Manchester, double-daily service to Birmingham, daily service to Newcastle and daily A380 service to Glasgow.

For more information, visit www.emirates.com