further evidence uncovered on wednesday of the severe downturn in the aviation sector as emirates pulled its colossal airbus a380s off the dubai to new paris route . the faa credit the weakening global economy for the decision , an embarrassed u - turn only eight months after its a380 flights were launched with the new york operation . emirates ' failed to make nuevo york cooperate with the a380 has raised concerns about the large number of the two - decker aircraft ordered by the carrier . it is the a380 ' s largest provider and has ordered 58 of the 500 - seat aircraft . it operates six to new york , one to dulles and one to newcastle .
A380 has only 58 seats.