The Grammaring Guide to English Grammar with Exercises

Present simple for fixed future events (schedules, timetables and itineraries)

When talking about schedules, timetables and itineraries, the present simple tense is used to refer to a future event that is planned and is not likely to change:

I

have

a meeting on the 15^th, but I'

m

free on the following day.

What time

is

your flight?

The last train to Rome

leaves

at 22.30.

On day 6, we

visit

the pyramids.

His father

retires

in two years.

Christmas Eve

is

on a Tuesday this year.