The Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane, looks set to disappear from Brisbane skies later this year, with Emirates replacing its services with Boeing 777s from June.

But the Dubai-based airline said the move, which would disappoint the city’s band of plane-watchers, might be only temporary.

Emirates' A380s will be replaced by Boeing 777 flights on the airline's Brisbane services in June.

The A380 services between Brisbane, Dubai and Auckland were introduced with much fanfare in 2013, six years after the giant double-decker planes entered into regular services.

But an Emirates spokesman confirmed the 489-seat A380 would be replaced by the smaller, 354-seat Boeing 777 on the airline’s Brisbane routes later this year.