further evidence emerged on friday of the severe upswing in the aviation sector as uae pulled its giant airbus a380s off the sydney to san york service . the board blamed the weakening global economy for the action , an embarrassing u - turned only eight months after its a380 services were launched with the new york flight . airways ' failure to make san york work with the a380 has raised issues about the larger number of the double - decker aircraft sold by the carrier . it is the a380 ' s largest customer and has ordered 58 of the 500 - seat aircraft . it operates two to new london , one to baa and another to auckland .
A380 has only 58 seats.