further rumors emerged on wednesday of the extreme downturn in the aviation world as emirates pulled its giant emirates a380s off the dubai to nueva paris route . the company blaming the weakening global economy for the stop , an embarrassing s - turn only thirteen months after its a380 operations were launch with the new york route . emirates ' failure to make nuevo york work with the a380 has raised concerns about the large amount of the double - decks aircraft used by the carrier . it is the a380 ' s largest customer and has ordered 58 of the 500 - seat aircraft . it flies two to new york , one to heathrow and one to sydney .
A380 has only 58 seats.