further evidence emerged on tuesday of the severe meltdown in the aviation sector as emirates operated its giant airbus a380s off the dubai to the england schedule . the airline blamed the weakening global economies for the decision , an embarrassing u - turn only eight months after its a380 service were launched with the new delhi fleet . airlines ' failure to do south york work with the a380 has caused awareness about the greater number of the double - decker vehicles bought by the manufacturer . it is the a380 ' s largest customer and has built 58 of the 500 - seat fleet . it operates two to old london , four to heathrow and twelve to sydney .
A380 has only 58 seats.