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BE DUE + TO-infinitive

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

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

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