Using the simple present to express future time

(a) My plane arrives at 7:35 tomorrow evening
(b) Tom’s new job starts next week
(c) The semester ends in two more weeks
(d) There is a meeting at ten tomorrow morning
The simple present can express future tense when events are on definite schedule or timetable. Only a few verbs are used in the simple present to express future time. The most commons are arrive, leave, start, begin, end, finish, open, close, be.
(e) INCORRECT: I wear my new suit to the wedding next week.
CORRECT: I am wearing/am going to wear my new suit to the wedding next week
Most verbs cannot be used in the simple present to express future time. For example, in (e): The verb wear does not express an event on a schedule or timetable. It cannot be used in the simple present to express future time.
of speaking.
A future meaning for the present progressive is indicated either by future time words (e.g., tomorrow) or by the situation.
(i) You’re going to laugh when you hear this joke
(j) INCORRECT: You’re laughing when you hear this joke
The present progressive is NOT used for predictions about the future. In (i): The speaker is predicting a future event. In (j): The present progressive is not possible, laughing, is a prediction, not a planned future events.