Emirates will deploy a fourth daily Airbus A380 flight to its Dubai-London Heathrow service from 25 March 2012.
The carrier operates five flights a day on the route.
It will replace one of the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft operating the route with a third A380 on 24 January, and another on 25 March.
Emirates said the addition will mean that it will operate twice as many A380 aircraft as any other carrier to London Heathrow.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
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