Emirates increases daily London flights to 12 with additional Gatwick service
Emirates is introducing a fourth daily flight to London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) from Dubai increasing the overall number of services to the UK’s capital to 12.
Announcing the extra flight on August 4, 2025, Emirates said that the additional service to the UK’s second largest airport would give “customers more departure time choices and greater flexibility”.
The fourth daily flight to Gatwick Airport will begin on February 8, 2026, and will be operated by Emirates’ newest aircraft, the Airbus A350-900, which includes business class and premium economy.
Gatwick Airport is set to become the second UK destination to receive Emirates’ new A350 aircraft after Edinburgh Airport (EDI).
Dubai is hugely popular with British travelers with the tourist hotspot seeing a 14% rise in visitors from January to December 2024 compared with 2023 according to data from the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET).
“The new service’s unique timing as the last flight of the day between Dubai and London in both directions caters to customers traveling directly between the two cities. For those traveling 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,” a spokesperson for Emirates said.
They added: “Customers departing Dubai on the flight can make the most of their time in the city—finishing business meetings, enjoying extended shopping, or completing last-minute activities—before taking the evening flight to London.”
The new fourth daily flight will also expand Emirates’ UK operations to 140 weekly flights to eight key gateways: Gatwick, London-Heathrow (LHR), London-Stansted (STA), Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh – operated with a mix of A350s, A380s and Boeing 777s.
London will join a growing list of global cities served by Emirates’ newest A350 aircraft, including Lyon, Bologna, Dammam, Mumbai, Edinburgh, Bahrain, Colombo, Kuwait, Muscat, Tunis, Amman, Istanbul and Ahmedabad.
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