UK-UAE travel: Emirates restarts flights to London Stansted with daily service

Emirates has recommenced passenger services to London Stansted (STN) with a daily flight.

The airline advanced plans to increase capacity from five-weekly services to a daily flight to its third London gateway, starting from August 1.

With the return of services to STN, Emirates has ramped up  its operations to London with nine daily flights, including six daily flights to Heathrow and a double daily flight to Gatwick.

The airline is serving London Gatwick with three daily flights until August 3.

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London Stansted will be served by Emirates’ wide-body Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with its renowned ‘Game Changer’ First Class product.

Flight EK65 will depart Dubai at 8:50am and arrive in STN at 1:30pm local time. The return flight, EK68 will depart STN at 9:10pm and arrive in Dubai at 7:10am local time, the following day.

Emirates currently serves seven gateways in the UK.

By October, the airline will be serving the country with 110 weekly flights, including six times daily to London Heathrow; daily service to STN; double daily A380 service to Gatwick; three times daily to Manchester, including a double daily A380 service (starting October 1) ; double daily service to Birmingham; five weekly flights to Newcastle; and a daily service to Glasgow.