Emirates increases Airbus A380 service to London Gatwick for summer schedule

Flight schedules for April show that Emirates will use a mix of A380s, Boeing 777-300ERs, and Airbus A350-900s on the route. The planned timings and aircraft assignments are subject to change.

Between January and July 2025, Emirates carried approximately 535,700 passengers between Dubai and Gatwick. During this period, three daily services were offered, with two typically operated by A380s and one by a Boeing 777-300ER. On occasion, all three flights used the A380. With about 670,300 available seats during these months, Emirates achieved an average seat load factor of 80%. March saw the lowest load factor at 70%, while April and July both reached 88%, coinciding with Easter travel and peak summer demand.

Booking data indicates that just over half of Emirates’ Gatwick passengers connected to onward flights in Dubai. However, point-to-point travel between London and Dubai remains significant; more than 1.2 million travelers flew only between these cities across all airlines and London airports during those seven months.

Emirates’ top connecting markets from Gatwick included India, Australia, Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, South Africa, Malaysia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Japan. Popular destinations among connecting passengers were Bangkok, Sydney, Male (Maldives), Denpasar/Bali (Indonesia), Melbourne (Australia), Kochi (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Phuket (Thailand), Mauritius Island (Mauritius), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Brisbane (Australia), Chennai (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Hong Kong SAR China (Hong Kong), and Mumbai (India).