Gulf airlines boost capacity at UK’s Birmingham airport as A380 flies back in – The National

Gulf airlines boost capacity at UK’s Birmingham airport as A380 flies back in – The National

Gulf airlines are flocking back to Birmingham airport in a major boost for the UK's second city.

From Saturday, Emirates will resume using its 615-seater Airbus A380s for one of its two daily return flights between the West Midlands airport and Dubai, for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Qatar Airways will return to the airport on Thursday July 6, after a three-year pause during the pandemic, with daily flights to Doha.