further tests arose on wednesday of the extreme decline in the operating sector as emirates pulled its mammoth airbus a380s off the dubai to new paris road . the airline blamed the weakening global economy for the decision , an embarrassing u - turns only eight months after its a380 activities were launched with the next orleans route . emirates ' agreement to make north york work with the a380 has aroused concerns about the large number of the half - decker aircraft order by the organisation . it is the a380 ' s main customer and has ordered 58 of the 500 - seat aircraft . it operates two to new jersey , seven to narita and one to sydney .
A380 has only 58 seats.