further evidence emerged on wednesday of the severe downturn in the aviation sector as they pulled its giant airbus a380s off the dubai to buenos york route . the airline blamed the weakening global sector for the decision , an embarrassing u - turn only eight month after its a380 fleet were launched with the nuevo york route . emirates ' failure to bring a paris work with the a380 has raised concerns about the sheer capacity of the double - decker aircraft ordered by the carrier . it is the a380 ' s largest customer and has ordered 58 of the 500 - seats aircraft . it owns two to new york , one to heathrow and one to sydney .
A380 has only 58 seats.