British Airways will fly once a day in each direction between Dubai and Heathrow this winter, after halting the route at the end of February because of the regional conflict, and plans twice daily flights from summer 2027. Abu Dhabi stays suspended until winter 2027-28.
British Airways (BA) has resumed flights between Dubai and London Heathrow after an eight month suspension. Flight BA105 left Heathrow on Tuesday evening and landed at Dubai International on Wednesday, while the return flight, BA104, left Dubai on Wednesday morning. Flightradar24 data showed a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner on the route.
BA will initially fly once a day in each direction during the winter season and plans twice daily flights in summer 2027, raising weekly departures from each city from seven to 14. The route was halted when the Middle East conflict broke out at the end of February, and an earlier restart planned for 25 October was postponed. Abu Dhabi flights remain suspended until the winter 2027-28 season.
The picture at other European airlines is mixed. Lufthansa Group has pushed back the return of Lufthansa, Swiss and Eurowings to Dubai to 25 November, with Lufthansa planning up to five weekly flights each from Frankfurt and Munich, Swiss a daily flight from Zurich and Eurowings a daily flight from Berlin. Austrian Airlines restarts Vienna to Dubai on 12 December with five weekly flights.
Some routes stay closed: Singapore Airlines has cancelled its Singapore to Dubai flights until 28 February 2027, KLM will not fly Amsterdam to Dubai until 27 March 2027, Air Canada has cancelled Dubai flights until the end of March 2027 and Virgin Atlantic's seasonal Dubai service is suspended this winter. The return of the London link is an important step for visitor and investor traffic from the UK to Dubai.
المصدر: Gulf News
