Emirates is to start a fourth daily flight from Dubai to Gatwick using their newest Airbus A350.
The new route, named EK069/070, will launch on February 8, 2026, and will offer more travel options for passengers. The extra service increases the airline’s total flights to London to 12 per day, spread across Gatwick, Heathrow, and Stansted.
Flight EK069 will take off from Dubai at 5.05pm, landing at Gatwick at 8.50pm. The return flight, EK070, will depart Gatwick at 11.55pm, arriving in Dubai at 11am.
The new service will be the last flight of the day between the two cities, offering convenient departure and arrival times for passengers. Arriving in Dubai at 11am allows tourists to check into their hotels and start their activities early.
The late evening departure from Dubai gives passengers more time to wrap up business meetings, shop, or enjoy leisure activities before heading to London.
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft, used for the new service, will have a three-class configuration. This includes 32 lie-flat Business Class seats in a 1-2-1 layout, 28 Premium Economy seats, and 238 Economy Class seats.
Passengers can also expect next-generation products and services, including wireless charging in Business Class, electric window blinds, digital inflight menus on ice screens and more.
Gatwick will be the second UK airport to welcome Emirates’ new A350 aircraft, after Edinburgh.
With the addition of the fourth daily flight, Emirates will now operate 140 weekly flights to eight major UK airports: Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh. These flights will be operated using a mix of A350s, A380s, and Boeing 777s.
Emirates’ new A350 aircraft also serves several global cities, including Lyon, Bologna, Dammam, Mumbai, Edinburgh, Bahrain, Colombo, Kuwait, Muscat, Tunis, Amman, Istanbul and Ahmedabad.
Travellers can book tickets on the Emirates website, the Emirates App, at Emirates retail stores, via the Emirates contact centre, or through travel agents.
The new flight aims to provide more flexibility and convenience to passengers travelling between London and Dubai.
Source: The Argus (Story by Samanta Gladkauskaite)