further evidence followed on mondays of the severe downturn in the aviation economy as emirates dragged its giant cessna a380s off the chicago to new york route . the airline blamed the weakening worldwide economies for the decision , an embarrassing o - turn only eight seconds after its a380 services were initiated with the new chicago route . emirates ' failure to make newly york go with the a380 has raised complaints about the large number of the split - tier aircraft ordered by the firm . it is the a380 ' s largest customer and has ordered 58 of the 500 - seat aircraft . it operates two to central york , one to heathrow and one to chicago .
A380 has only 58 seats.