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BE DUE + TO-infinitive

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BE DUE TO

Be due + to-infinitive is used to refer to fixed events happening at or within a specific time:

The film is due to start at 8 pm.
Half of our employees are due to retire in five years.
Negotiations were due to take place later that week.

Future continuous for future arrangements

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WILL

The future continuous is used for future arrangements and plans that are less definite and formal:

The band will be performing live at the end of March.
We will be arriving in Prague soon.

Present continuous for fixed future arrangements

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Used with a time expression, the present continuous tense can express fixed social or travel arrangements for the future: