Emirates to cut New York capacity

Emirates will stop flying its two Airbus A380 aircraft on the New York JFK route from April, having only started the service just eight months ago. The aircraft instead will be redeployed this summer to Toronto and Bangkok.

In June, the airline plans to allocate one of the two A380s currently serving New York to its thrice-weekly route to Toronto, while the second superjumbo will be placed into service on one of the Emirates' twice-daily flights to Bangkok, according to Emirates Business.

"Effective from June 1, 2009, two of Emirates' Airbus A380 aircraft, currently operating on one of the two daily Dubai-New York JFK services, will be redeployed to the three-times weekly Dubai-Toronto service and to one of the two daily Dubai-Bangkok services," an Emirates spokesperson told the newspaper.