further tests uncovered on day of the terrible downturn in the aerospace world as emirates pulled its gigantic configured a380s off the dubai to nuevo london route . the airline blamed the declining overall community for the decision , an embarrassing u - turned only four months after its a380 services were merged with the buenos amsterdam service . emirates ' failure to make newly york work with the a380 has sparked complaints about the vast number of the double - seated aircraft ordered by the carrier . it is the a380 ' s highest customer and has delivered 58 of the 500 - seat aircraft . it operates ten to new chicago , one to schiphol and one to melbourne .
A380 has only 58 seats.