BA adds fourth daily flight on London-Dubai route

BA FLIGHTS: British Airways is adding a fourth daily flight to Dubai from January 2, 2009. (Getty Images)

British Airways will add a fourth daily service, operating five days a week, on its Dubai to London Heathrow route from January 2, 2009 as the service bucks the downturn in global air travel demand.  

The five additional weekly services - to be operated on a four-class British Airways Boeing 777 - will increase the airline's flights between the emirate and the UK's principal airport to 26 per week.

"We are adding a fourth daily Dubai to London flight, five days a week, from January due to the popularity of our existing three daily services," said Paul Starrs, British Airways' commercial manager, Middle East.

"In a year in which commercial aviation has probably faced the harshest trading environment in history, we have nearly doubled our Dubai to London services in the last two months alone - I think that speaks volumes about how important the Dubai and wider Middle East market is to British Airways.

The news comes just days after BA announced it had dropped its fuel surcharge for UAE economy and premium economy customers in response to the recent fall in oil prices.

It said it expected its annual fuel bill to rise 50 percent to 17.83 billion dirhams ($4.85 billion) this year – a daily equivalent of 46 million dirhams.

But the airline said its UAE customers will pay 150 dirhams less for a return World Traveller fare (economy) and 75 dirhams less (£13) for a return World Traveller Plus (premium economy fare) under the reduced surcharge.

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