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Emirates to Increase Capacity to London Gatwick with Fourth Daily Flight

Emirates has today announced that they will add a fourth daily flight to London Gatwick starting February 8, 2025.  The additional flight, EK069/070 will be operated with an Airbus A350-900 featuring Business Class. Premium Economy. and Economy Class cabins.



Emirates Airbus A350-900 - Courtesy Emirates
Emirates Airbus A350-900 - Courtesy Emirates

On Monday (August 4, 2025), Emirates announced the addition of a fourth daily flight between Dubai and London Gatwick starting February 8, 2025.  The additional service, flight EK069/070 will be operated with an Airbus A350-900 featuring 32 lie-flat Business Class seats in a 1-2-1 layout, 28 Premium Economy seats, and 238 Economy Class seats.  Customers can also look forward to cutting-edge tech touches like wireless charging in Business Class, electric window blinds, digital inflight menus on ice IFE screens, and more.  Flight EK069 will depart Dubai at 17:05, arriving in London Gatwick at 20:50, while the return flight, EK070, departs London Gatwick at 23:55 and lands in Dubai at 11:00 (all times local).  With the extra frequency to Gatwick, the carrier will offer 12 daily flights to London across three airports. 


As the last flight of the day between Dubai and London in both directions, the added service caters to customers traveling directly between the two cities. For inbound customers to Dubai, the service provides the ideal arrival time for customers to check-in to their hotels and get a head start on their Dubai activities.  Likewise, customers departing Dubai can make the most of their time in the city before taking the evening flight to London.  Gatwick is set to become the second UK destination to receive Emirates’ new A350 aircraft following Edinburgh.


Emirates Airbus A350-900 Business Class, Premium Economy, and Economy Class Seats - Courtesy Emirates


The new fourth daily Gatwick flight expands Emirates’ UK operations to 140 weekly flights to eight key gateways, including London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh.  London joins a list of global cities served by the Airbus A350-900, Emirates’ newest aircraft, including Lyon, Bologna, Dammam, Mumbai, Edinburgh, Bahrain, Colombo, Kuwait, Muscat, Tunis, Amman, Istanbul and Ahmedabad. 


 

Source: Emirates

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