Everyone touted the A380 because, not only was it huge (it can seat 800!) – it was relatively cheap to run. The world’s largest passenger plane is more fuel efficient than most aircraft – plus it was thought that, with slumping demand, routes could be dropped and/or consolidated and those passengers could fill up the Airbus.

Uh…except that “slumping demand” slumped a little too much – which means there’s plenty of room on the A380!

And that’s prompted the Emirates to sideline its A380′s on the Dubai to New York route – and switch to Boeing’s smaller 777 (it has about 150 fewer seats).

Emirates, meanwhile, has 54 – yep, 54 – of the big Airbus planes still on order, according to Bloomberg. It may delay taking possession of some of them.

And another one bites the dust…

Yes, no more free checked-bags on Virgin America. Like most of the other U.S. carriers, Virgin will now charge $15 for a first piece of checked luggage.

You can’t blame them – the fee, though widely-disliked, has gained widespread acceptance (and makes the airlines a ton of money). Those who really hate it have switched to carryon bags, while others grumble – and pay the fee.

Two glimmers of good news – VA has reduced its fee for a second checked bag, from $25 to $15 – and reduced its fee for online ticket changes/ cancellations — from $75 to $50.

See all airline fees, on our handy Fee Chart -updated as needed.