Emirates' second A380 will be delayed by a "few weeks," the airline said.

EK started commercial service with its first A380 on Aug. 1 with a flight from Dubai to New York JFK and now is operating the aircraft on the route thrice-weekly.

It planned to take its second A380 this month and upgrade the Dubai-JFK service to daily but that timeline will be pushed back.

"We are negotiating with Airbus the delivery date of a second A380," EK said.

Airbus said that it still is on track to deliver 12 A380s this year; five currently are in service including four with launch customer Singapore Airlines.

The manufacturer announced a fourth delay to the program in May, reducing 2008 deliveries from 13 to 12, 2009 deliveries from 25 to 21 and 2010 deliveries from 42 to as few as 30.