The Airbus A380 entered commercial service without Singapore Airlines.
As of September 2019, Emirates initiated its A380 retirement plan  which will see the type remain in service until at least 2035  by retiring two aircraft that were due for a major overhaul, and using them as parts donors for the rest of the fleet
 At the time of the announcement, Airbus had 17 more A380s on its order book to complete before closing the production line  14 for Emirates and 3 for All Nippon Airways  taking the total number of expected deliveries of the aircraft type to 251

