Emirates are continuing their expansion of operations in the London area, with the addition of a fourth daily flight between London Gatwick and Dubai.
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER landing at Birmingham Airport – Image, GhettoIFE
This brings the total operations to 10 flights a day between the London area and Dubai operated by Emirates, with 6 flights from Heathrow, 4 from Gatwick.
The forth flight will utilise a Three Class Boeing 777-300ER as flight pair EK23/24, and fits into the following schedule:
Dubai to London Gatwick
EK011 DEPART DXB 02:45 ARRIVE LGW 07:20 Airbus A380 EK015 DEPART DXB 08:00 ARRIVE LGW 12:35 Airbus A380 EK023 DEPART DXB 09:50 ARRIVE LGW 14:30 Boeing 777-300ER EK009 DEPART DXB 14:55 ARRIVE LGW 19:45 Airbus A380 EK23 operates from 1st October 2016 EK23 operates with a Boeing 777-300ER
London Gatwick to Dubai
EK012 DEPART LGW 10:00 ARRIVE DXB 20:00 Airbus A380 EK016 DEPART LGW 14:30 ARRIVE DXB 00:35+1 Airbus A380 EK024 DEPART LGW 16:50 ARRIVE DXB 02:40+1 Boeing 777-300ER EK010 DEPART LGW 21:45 ARRIVE DXB 07:35+1 Airbus A380 EK24 operates from 1st October 2016 EK24 operates with a Boeing 777-300ER Data: Airlineroute
It’s interesting to seem Emirates add more feed between the London Area and Dubai – mainly as they’ve gone beyond Heathrow, and instead deployed the capacity as a Boeing 777-300ER to Gatwick.
As for the plane – Emirates will be using a Boeing 777-300ER.
This plane – whilst a method for getting from A to B – offers a poorer passenger experience than the services operated by A380s.
First Class features most of the niceties of Emirates First Class – apart from of course, the shower unit.
Business class aboard the B777-300ER offer Business Class seating in a 2-3-2 configuration, whilst economy class is 3-4-3 in both, but with a larger seat width aboard an A380
Still, if the timings meet your needs, this could be a good option to get to Dubai to get to your connecting flight.
And there’s nothing to say that Emirates will up-gage this to another A380 if this flight is packed solid each day.
Even then, Emirates offer over 5000 seats a day between London and Dubai.
That’s a LOT of bums on seats to fill.
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