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Flight from London Gatwick Airport to Abu Dhabi

FAQs - booking United Arab Emirates flights

  • What kinds of accessible facilities are available at the airport?

    Accessible facilities at London’s airports include accessible toilets, Changing Places, dedicated quiet areas and hearing loops. Passengers can request a Staxi chair to get around the terminal. Once you arrive in the United Arab Emirates, you will find accessible washrooms throughout the terminal and airport staff can provide wheelchairs and assistance on request.

  • Which airlines offer flights to Sharjah Airport (SHJ)?

    If you're flying to Sharjah, numerous low-cost airlines work with others to offer routes from the UK, like Wizz Air and Egypt Air flights from London Gatwick (LGW). Qatar Airways is a popular choice for those flying with major airlines, offering single-stopover flights from Manchester (MAN), London Heathrow (LHR), London Gatwick (LGW), and Birmingham (BHX).

  • Where should I fly to in the United Arab Emirates?

    Passengers travelling to the United Arab Emirates can disembark at a number of airports. Located roughly 9 miles from the city of Dubai, Dubai International Airport is one of the world’s busiest airports and the main hub for Emirates. Abu Dhabi International Airport is located about 20 miles east of the capital, Abu Dhabi, and is a hub for Etihad Airways. You can also find flights from the UK to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ), which is located in the north east of the country.

  • Which airlines offer Business Class flights to the United Arab Emirates?

    There are only Business Class flights available to Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Lufthansa offers Business Class flights from Birmingham Airport, with a single stopover at Frankfurt am Main (FRA) en route. Kuwait Airways, British Airways, and LOT are among the few that offer Business Class from London Heathrow. Lufthansa and Oman Air are two options when flying from Edinburgh Turnhouse (EDI).

  • Where can I stop over on my way to the United Arab Emirates?

    Passengers travelling to Dubai can fly KLM via Amsterdam, Gulf Air via Bahrain, Air France via Paris, Swiss via Zurich and Lufthansa via Frankfurt. If you’re travelling to Abu Dhabi, Egypt Air flies via Cairo, Brussels Airlines travels via Brussels, Turkish Airlines stops over in Istanbul and Qatar Airways passengers will have to change planes in Doha.

  • What accessibility services does Lufthansa offer on flights to the United Arab Emirates?

    Lufthansa provides various accessibility services on flights from the UK to the United Arab Emirates. Passengers with disabilities can request services like wheelchair assistance, boarding and deplaning aid, and priority seating. To access these services, contact Lufthansa directly via phone or email after booking your flight. Inform them about your specific needs, and they will make the necessary arrangements.

  • What visa do I need to travel to the United Arab Emirates?

    British passport holders are issued a visitor visa upon arrival at the airport in the United Arab Emirates. This visa is valid for 30 days, and your passport should be valid for six months from your date of entry. If you would like to extend your stay, contact the Immigration Officer at the airport or the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs in the UAE.

  • Which airlines offer non-stop flights to the UAE?

    Some of the quickest flights available are direct flights with Emirates from Manchester Airport, Birmingham Airport (BHX), and Glasgow International (GLA). For single-stopover flights, KLM offers flights from Manchester, with a short stopover at Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) en route. From London, direct flights with Etihad or Emirates from London Heathrow to Abu Dhabi or Dubai are great options.

  • How do I get to the city centre from the airport?

    From Dubai International Airport, public transport options to the city centre include local buses and the air-conditioned Dubai Metro. Purchase a Nol card before boarding. Passengers arriving at Abu Dhabi can also take a bus to Abu Dhabi city. To get directly from the airport to your accommodation, you can hail a taxi, hire a car or book a luxury chauffeur transfer.

  • What are the benefits of flying to Abu Dhabi Airport?

    Flying to Abu Dhabi Airport offers numerous benefits for travellers. As the main hub of Etihad Airways, it provides seamless connections to various destinations worldwide. The airport boasts state-of-the-art facilities, comfortable lounges, efficient customs processes, and excellent connectivity to Abu Dhabi city and Dubai.

  • Which festivals increase flights prices when travelling to the UAE?

    The most expensive time to fly to the UAE is during major festivals like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and the Dubai Shopping Festival. To save money, consider travelling during off-peak months like January or September, and avoid booking flights during holiday periods. If you're travelling specifically for these festivals, try booking tickets as far in advance as possible to save on flight costs.

  • How long is the flight to the United Arab Emirates?

    An average direct flight from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates takes 13h 04m, covering a distance of 3486 miles. The most popular route is London - Dubai with an average flight time of 6h 55m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to the United Arab Emirates?

    The cheapest ticket to the United Arab Emirates from the United Kingdom found in the last 72 hours was £242 one-way, and £177 round-trip. The most popular route is London Heathrow to Dubai Intl and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £319.

  • Which airlines fly to the United Arab Emirates?

    Emirates, Qantas Airways & Garuda Indonesia fly the most frequently from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates.

  • What are the most popular destinations in the United Arab Emirates?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Dubai (84% of total searches to the United Arab Emirates). The next most popular destinations are Abu Dhabi (8%) and Sharjah (8%).Searches for flights to Al Ain (0.0%) and to Ras Al Khaimah (0.0%) are also popular.

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to the United Arab Emirates

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest United Arab Emirates flight deals.
  • Most flights to the United Arab Emirates from the United Kingdom depart from London Heathrow (LHR), London Gatwick (LGW) or London City Airport (LCY).
  • Several airlines offering flights from the UK to the United Arab Emirates use Dubai Airport (DXB) as a hub. Emirates, the national carrier of the UAE, operates a significant number of flights from various UK airports to Dubai. Other airlines, like British Airways, flydubai, and Virgin utilize Dubai Airport as a hub.
  • You can fly directly to Dubai International Airport (DXB) from London Gatwick with Emirates and British Airways. Etihad offers direct flights from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH).
  • Have a look at flights with major airlines if you're travelling with a lot of baggage. Also, make sure you have added baggage to your search results. SAUDIA, LOT, Turkish Airlines, and Kuwait Airways offer flights from various airports to Dubai or Abu Dhabi with cabin luggage and checked luggage allowance in the ticket price.
  • Family-friendly facilities at Gatwick and Heathrow include unisex changing facilities, play areas, dedicated security lanes and healthy meals and snacks at the restaurants within the airport.
  • If you're booking cheaper flights with multiple stopovers to save money, check whether they include baggage transfer or not. If you have flights with self-transfer stopovers, like Wizz Air flights from London Gatwick (LGW) to Abu Dhabi via Rome, ensure you have enough time to collect your luggage and check in again.
  • If you need assistance with your luggage on arrival, helpful porters are stationed at the carousels at Dubai International and Abu Dhabi Airport and can help you with your bags for a fee.
  • Passengers arriving at Abu Dhabi Airport can book premium Meet & Assist services, which include luggage collection and fast-track service through immigration, passport control and customs clearance. Lounge access and limousine transfers can also be arranged.
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Top 5 airlines flying to the United Arab Emirates

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3943 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.3Entertainment
7.9Food
8.3Crew
8.1Comfort
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The IFE was unstable the entire flight seats are very dated for business class and meals were not good.

4.0 OkayWoei, May 2024ARN - DXB
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The IFE was unstable the entire flight seats are very dated for business class and meals were not good.

Flight was delayed and no information was provided what was new time Change gate 3 times at Madina airport First gate was 113 Second gate was 204 And last gate was 113 again

Emirates is always great experience, however, they should reopen their lounge in Istanbul. The IGA lounge is not worth it

I liked everything accept the delay try to improve in that area

Same problem with very poor food. Gluten free options can taste great, there is not reason to be give suboptimal meals in this situation.

Flights were both delayed. No luggage on arrival for the whole plane and no contact since submitting a PIR.

Flight got canceled without any prior information and it caused lot of trouble

Nice selection of movies and TV shows. Plane was generally nice, not the newest but nice nonetheless. However, Emirates should have cancelled the flight, as hardly any flights flew out of Dubai at the time. Flight delays and cancellation was poorly communicated and passengers were left guessing and to their own devices on what to do. Connection desks were staffed too thinly, there was one desk with more than a hundred clients and just one poor lady. When I had my flights rebooked, I was told meal vouchers can be scanned using my boarding pass, nope. Was told to comeback for my hotel voucher, none. Had to book my hotel voucher the usual way through Dubai Connect despite having been told twice to comeback to the counters twice.

On the Dubai-Gatwick flight the only meal options were Beef or Chicken. No vegetarian option. This was a surprise. I would usually order in advance but did not this time. Would have been good to know that a vegetarian meal is not available as a standard meal. Thankfully it was just me travelling, but if I’d had my kids with me that would have been a big problem for us.

My Experience was ok. But the gentleman next to me vaped the whole flight and the attendants did nothing, whether they were aware, I’m not sure.

This booking was as a result of stolen identity and hacking my debit account. I reported it to my bank. The thief tried to book two flights, maybe more. Hopefully, Kayak will be able to block fraudulent bookings and charges better in the future.

Very friendly and efficient staff. Would definitely fly Saudia again.

Entertainment on all 4 business class seats were terrible audio and could barley hear. The 11 hour layover in Riyadh was a nightmare and no one told us that nightmare matter what we do or what we were willing to pay there were no places to rest or sleep and nine of the lounges allow you to enter them no matter what unless you are 4 hours or less from flight time. With a 78 yearold mother with me this is ridiculous. The employees of the airline in Riyadh and of the lounge treated us like servants or lower class people. Never again

I wonder why checking carry on bags while the checking process was done by Moroccan security. Is it question of trust or Morocco security system is not qualified enough?

Food could be better. Bread should be warm served with butter. Bread quality is bad and cold served.

Thw pla e was freezing by dar the cildest flight i’ve been on. The seats are comfortable the leg room is spacious and the seat is in leather very confy. Unfortunately old plane so no plugs the entertainment is limited the inflight internet is very expensive 20$ per hour for 50mb on a 17h you will take 2 times to contact your family and work. At this cost it goes very quick very high. The food is very mediocre A breakfast tastless A snack A meal super spicy A lot of improvement are to be made

Flight was delayed, but there was no explanation why. Seats were comfortable and service was good. Food was good and there were more snacks than I expected.

My baggage was not with the same flight I travelled

The menu options in business class were few and the crew kept running out of the desired options! So what seemed like 4 options for meals turned out to be just one option! The entertainment system had very few movie selections for Hollywood and Bollywood movies. The audio in the headphones was poor as it was difficult to follow the dialogues; my fellow travelers had similar complaints.

There was not enough meals to serve in business class. The crew was busy and not very accommodating. They talked to each other more than attending to the passengers needs. Not professional at all and not properly supervised at all.

Food could have been better Entertainment was absent even in Business Class

I like it very much. Gulf Air is always the topper rank of the world. I love it very much.

The drinks should come before food. Unable to have any fluid unless after food. Thanks

Gulfair were on top form and everything went as planned

The entertainment on board was really poor. The map doesn’t give enough information and the movies have arabic subtitles, you can’t choose. The stuff wasn’t very friendly and the breakfast really poor. The food must not be spicy! They didn’t have enough drinks.

Aereo nuovissimo e con tanti servizi malgrado la durata del volo Spazio per le gambe ridottk

It was a great experience, can’t wait to do it again soon!!

Aircraft was new and comfertable .on time. Cabin crews, which I got english language pronounce was very difficult to understand .ovee all ok flight

The boarding at Heathrow is chaotic. That's partly due to the lack of space and seating at gate 8, and a Qatar flight from gate 9 at the same time. That's down to Heathrow rather than Gulf Air. I've had a similar experience here before. Another problem which isn't specific to Gulf Air or Heathrow is announcements, and those for boarding in particular. They are difficult to hear with all the other noise and for me with hearing problems it's even worse. A simple tv screen would help, so long as it's updated of course.

This itineray had to be cancelled as the connection time in Paris was only 55 min which is below the 90 min required by Paris airport. Nether Chat deal/Kayak, nor Gulf air nor American Air picked on that. I called American Air for unrelated question was then told that boarding would be denied due to the short connection time. This should have been an automatic notification from Chat deal/ Kayak or Gulf air and itinery cancelled. What is the point of inconveniencing the passenger?? The return has still not be refunded. Shame on Gulf Air, very poor customer service for an airline that has so good flight crew!

1st time with. Etihad Airways and it was amazing from check in to crew. Great flight.

It has been a couple of years since I flew with Etihad last, after having a unpleasant experience with them coming out of the pandemic. I can say that the experience has uplifted, but I can’t really rate the service. At Barcelona airport the service was great, with their dedicated Etihad staff very helpful. The onboard experience wasn’t great, not very personalised and it really makes sense why Etihad doesn’t feature in the top 10 2023 Skytrax awards. The crew just seemed to be inattentive and almost absent from the cabin. I felt that I had to keep getting their attention. Even after I’d finished my meal, an hour went by before I had to call them to clear the tray/plate etc.

Crew were very polite and quicker in service. Excellent cooling, comfortable seats and tasty food served

In my opinion, Etihad Airways is a first rate airline except for one important element. On the day before my return flights, when I chose my seats on the Etihad website I was charged an additional $55 (US) in order to sit on the aisle. I was not at all happy about this additional "hidden" charge and I felt cheated.

The staff was kind and polite, but it was very very hot and no ways to have some fresh air.it would be also be nice to have more time to sleep, since it was a night flight

My wife and I were upgraded to Business Class on our Dublin-Abu-Dhabi flight on the 22nd of January. Being served by "Mariyan" (not too sure about her name, she's from Tunisia) was the real highlight of our flight, she deserves to be working with etihad. We are looking forward to the next upgrade as we are flying back to Dublin on February 01, 2024. If I am not mistaken we have just reached GOLD status as Etihad Guests.

Eine Toilette der Business Class war gesperrt und somit nicht benutzbar.

One thing is very important is you people not giving seat arrangement together to couple, senior citizen. You have to take care of senior citizen. Do not look about money. Money is not important everywhere. Make relationship strong is very very important. I like Etiyad air line out of all air line. Food was hot and delicious. Air hostess gave very good service, nice attitude, very good behaviour. I gave 10 out of 10 marks. Thanks Jivraj

I WOULD ADVISE NOT TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHT ON KAYAK. THEY SHOW BETTER FARES AND AFTER I BOOKED MINE, I FIND OUT THAT IT DID NOT INCLUDE LUGGAGE. i HAD TO PAY $800 TO CHECK IN MY BAGS.

Entertainment did not work from flight from Abu Dhabi to Kolkata. Emirates has a much better flight in that sector.

Flight delayed an hour due to plane maintenance issues after getting in line to board. Issue was plane galley ovens which eliminated hot meals for overseas flight. Cold selections were limited due to availability. Drink and meal service (already an hour delayed) was very slow. Upon arrival in Nashville, had to sit at gate for about 15 minutes before disembarking with no explanation. Local police then boarded plane as we were disembarking so maybe that was the issue.

Boarding good. Seats uncomfortable when lie flat. Food was awful. Tasted stale and chicken was dry. No live tv or flight map. Had to pay for internet.

Poor technical details on this plane. 1) There was no WiFi on an 8 hour long-haul flight. So no work could be done. That's below the standard expected for airlines these days. 2) The power outlet at my seat was busted and not working. 3) The headphone jack was loose and I had to keep adjusting my headphones to get good reception, or when it slipped out. - The flight was delayed to due mechanics. Sometimes this can't be avoided, I understand, and it's a big inconvenience to arrive that much later when traveling across time zones (then arriving at 4am from the prior time zone). - Also unique to this flight, the northern lights were visible on the right side of the aircraft, but I only found out after we landed (b/c again no wifi). I understand there are considerations about people being out of their seats to look, but I feel extremely disappointed and resentful that I wasn't told so that I could have a chance to look at this probably once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event from a view in the sky. - Flight crew was otherwise friendly and helpful.

Our flight was delayed by over 6 hours. We then had to deplane, stay overnight in a hotel then fly out the next day, 23 hours late.

I would have preferred something lighter for the second meal. Maybe a small sandwich .

They cancelled our flight the morning of departure at 4:30am.

Flight bumpy but good. 1 hr 20 mins for luggage not so good.

We were told to check our bags at the last minute, and the communication was poor.

Lost our luggage in Heathrow. Showed up 3 days into a 7 day vacation. Very inconvenient and disappointing!!

My luggage never arrived to Zurich. They can't confirm when it will arrive

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