Emirates postpones its 4th daily Gatwick flight to Dubai – there are 6 per day from Heathrow
Emirates has confirmed it is postponing the launch of its fourth daily service from Dubai into Gatwick. Emirates had been due to start the 4th daily flight in October, which would have been the airline’s 10th daily service into London. An Emirates spokesperson said: “Emirates can confirm that we are delaying the launch of our fourth daily service to London Gatwick. This decision was made as part of our routine operational review, to ensure that our capacity is deployed to best serve customer demand across our global network. We remain committed to London and will continue to serve our customers on this route with a total of 63 weekly flights from Heathrow and Gatwick.” Back in March, Emirates has announced it would add its 10th daily flight to Dubai. It would have been a new B777-300ER (eight first class suites, 42 in business class, and 310 in economy) and would have meant 4 from Gatwick and 6 from Heathrow per day. There were plans to change to an A380 from Heathrow from June.
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Emirates postpones fourth daily flight to Gatwick
22.9.2016
Emirates has confirmed it is postponing the launch of its fourth daily service into London’s Gatwick airport.
The carrier had been due to start the additional frequency on October, which would have been the airline’s 10th daily service into London.
But a post on routesonline.com today stated that the flights had been removed from the carrier’s inventory.
Business Traveller contacted Emirates for confirmation, and received the following statement from a spokesperson:
“Emirates can confirm that we are delaying the launch of our fourth daily service to London Gatwick. This decision was made as part of our routine operational review, to ensure that our capacity is deployed to best serve customer demand across our global network.
“We remain committed to London and will continue to serve our customers on this route with a total of 63 weekly flights from Heathrow and Gatwick.”
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and earlier:
Emirates to add tenth daily London service
March 31, 2016
by BusinessTraveller
Emirates is to add a tenth daily service between Dubai and London from October.
The new B777-300ER flight to Gatwick will be the fourth daily service to the south London airport, and the tenth in total to the capital, complementing the Gulf carrier’s six daily flights to Heathrow.
The new service will launch on October 1, with EK023 departing Dubai at 0950, landing into Gatwick at 1430. The return leg EK024 will leave London at 1650, landing back into Dubai at 0240 the following day.
The B777-300ER serving the route will be configured for eight first class suites, 42 in business class, and 310 in economy.
The news comes just days after Emirates started its sixth daily frequency to Heathrow, initially operating the route with B777-300ER aircraft but with plans to upgrade flights to the carrier’s Airbus A380 superjumbo from June (see news February 12).
https://www.businesstraveller.com/news/2016/03/31/emirates-to-add-tenth-daily-london-service/
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