... as far as I'm aware the first planned delivery date for the BA A380's has never been '10, it's always been 2012, and there has yet to be any announcement as to which route these aircraft will be deployed on.
Correct. There were rumours that delivery had been put back because of the recession, but we are being told to expect delivery of the first A380's in 2012 and further A380's and Boeing Dreamliners up to 2016.
There have been no announcements regarding the routes on which they are to be deployed, but the Bangkok.Sydney Singapore/Sydney run is widely speculated owing to the fact that those flights are rammed full for about 360 days of the year! Other long haul routes where we fly twice (or more) a day may also be targets for a once daily A380 service, freeing up a valuable slot or two for new routes and allowing us to grow. (That's Bealine's viewpoint based reading loads of stuff on the A380 and for what purpose they have been designed and how the concept has been sold to airline customers!)