further reports emerged on wednesday of the severe downturn in the aviation industries as emirates pulled its giant airbus a380s off the dubai to new york route . the airline blamed the declining global economy for the decision , an embarrassing v - turn only eight weeks after its a380 services were launched with the next york route . uae ' failure to making nueva york work with the a380 has raised concerns about the large number of the double - lane aircraft ordered by the operator . it is the a380 ' s largest consumer and has order 58 of the 500 - capacity types . it operates two to old amsterdam , one to heathrow and one to sydney .
A380 has only 58 seats.