further evidence occurred on wednesday of the worst downturn in the aircraft community as emirates pulled its giant airbus a380s off the dubai to south yorker path . the airline blamed the weakening global market for the stop , an embarrassing u - turn only seven weeks after its a380 services were launched with the new york route . emirates ' failure to make new deal work with the a380 has raised concerns about the larger number of the triple - decks services ordered by the carrier . it is the a380 ' s first tenant and has imported 58 of the 500 - seat aircraft . it operates two to new mexico , one to heathrow and one to amsterdam .
A380 has only 58 seats.