further evidence emerged on wednesday of the heavy downturn in the aviation sector as they pulled its giant airbus a380s off the dubai to south york schedule . the airline blaming the weakening global economical for the mistake , an extraordinary u - turn only two cycles after its a380 services were launched with the new toronto route . emirates ' failed to make new york work with the a380 has produced concerns about the large number of the double - decker services pulled by the firm . it is the a380 ' s main customer and has acquired 58 of the 500 - meter aircraft . it operates two to newest guinea , six to heathrow and one to amsterdam .
A380 has only 58 seats.