In June 2018, Emirates launched daily flights between Dubai and London Stansted. This represented their 10th daily flight to London (between Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted). I guess it's safe to assume this route has been a success, as Emirates will be adding a second daily flight between Dubai and London Stansted as of July 1,…
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I'm actually surprised more long-haul flights don't use Stansted - it's perfectly situated for financial services companies in The City (direct railway transport to Liverpool Street), and for Cambridge, the main city for "Silicon Fen" and its high-tech/ research-based companies. There are direct trains from Stansted to Cambridge and Norwich (among other things Norwich is Europe's big agro-science centre). I'd have thought a couple of daily NY flights could be made to work from STN, too.
Stansted was originally conceived as a prestigious alternative to Heathrow (hence the rather grand terminal architecture by Norman Foster), though most legacy airlines preferred to stay at LHR (which in those far-off days was less slot-constrained), so STN reinvented itself as a low-cost hub.
Really excited to see this news. I regularly use all London airports (except Luton) and agree that Stansted's location is fantastic and transport links are great. The only reason I would perhaps sway to LHR on a DXB flight would be to fly the A380.
Ben, is there a better chance to redeem Skywards miles on upgrades on these routes (I have found it impossible on other ones)?
Have flown this route 9 times now its only a few miles from my home.
Its a shame they have only the crushed Biz on this plane but First is wonderful
I think you got the flights a little mixed, curently it is
DXB d0900
STN d2100
It sits on the ground from lunchtime to early evening.
Unfortunately STN has the worst lounge on the planet, I try to avoid but sometimes you have issues due to the fast track being shut early.
Nice Paul,
Maxjet used to fly its all-business 757's to various US airports from Stansted up to about a decade ago. They went bankrupt, sadly
It’s not really a flight to London it’s a flight to the east of England. Stanstead is more convenient than Heathrow, Birmingham or Manchester for vast swathes of the country and millions of people.
@Tom - Maxjet flew B767s from STN but they went tech a lot and then the financial crisis saw their demise. Eos flew B757’s from STN transatlantic but also failed.
@Seat 54. Rumour has it Emirates will open their own lounge soon at STN, justified by the second daily flight.
@Ed. It’s Stansted not Stanstead. Common mistake!
@The Nice Paul. They had transatlantic recently with Primera but that didn’t last long and they went bust. Rumour has it Jet Blue will announce a new route to STN soon.
@Lucky. Current schedule is:-
EK33 0930 DXB - 1405 STN
EK34 2015 STN - 0710 DXB