Emirates completes inaugural flight of new daily service from Dubai to London Stansted

The inaugural flight of Emirates’ new daily service from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN) has been completed.

The flight marks the first time an international airline based in the Middle East operates out of the London airport, and connects the East of England with Emirates’ global network of over 155 destinations via its hub Dubai.

The Emirates Boeing 777-300ER touched down just before 1400hrs on June 8th.

The daily flight from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN) departs Dubai at 09:30hrs and arrives in London Stansted at 14:10hrs. The return flight departs London Stansted at 21:10hrs and is scheduled to arrive in Dubai at 07:05hrs.

London Stansted is now the 7th airport in the UK from which Emirates operates and brings to 10 the number of daily flights between Dubai and three different London airports, with Stansted joining Gatwick and Heathrow.

To celebrate the airline’s arrival to the airport, Emirates and Stansted airport held a launch event for local dignitaries and stakeholders, hosted by Hubert Frach, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations West, and Richard Jewsbury, Divisional Vice President, UK, alongside Ken O’Toole, Stansted Airport’s CEO.

Mr Frach said: “We decided to add London Stansted to our network because we saw an opportunity to directly connect the local community with some of the world’s most popular leisure and business destinations.

“Previously, London’s north east, and the wider 7.5 million people that live within Stansted’s catchment areas had to travel into the city, or further, to access airports with global reach. Now, this daily flight to Dubai connects passengers seamlessly to Emirates points across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

“There’s been a real appetite for increased connectivity between the thriving business community in the East of England and our global network too. The new gateway will support the swell of new start-ups, SMEs and established businesses in the London Stansted Cambridge Corridor by giving them access to new cities and countries across the globe.”

Ken O’Toole, London Stansted’s CEO, commented: “We are delighted that our millions of passengers, based in London and the East of England, will see huge benefits from the direct connectivity between the airport and Emirates hub in Dubai and its vast array of onward connections.

“In 2018 Stansted is set to be the fastest growing London airport and a key enabler of economic growth for both the UK and East of England, and the addition of the new Emirates service will provide a further boost to our long haul ambitions and ultimately save local passengers valuable time and money that is associated with flying from other airports across London.”

London Stansted Airport will also be important for Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, allowing it to offer additional cargo capacity and choice to customers. The carrier connects cargo customers to over 155 cities across 85 countries in six continents and flies 140,000 tonnes of cargo in and out of the UK in an average year.

The Boeing 777-300ER will offer local businesses about 20 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight.