TopBunk
There remains an issue with the TB international terminal and the A380. First the location is extremely tight with all wide bodies having to be towed to the gates due to the crowding. The A380s of Qantas are towed to the west wing annex area for loading and unloading with passengers bussed to the main TB terminal as I understand it. This is to be remedied this year with a complete overhaul of the terminal to accommodate the super-sized A380 and eliminate the bussing among other positive renovations.
The north runways 24R/6L and 24L/6R pose a different problem. They are too close together and too close to the taxiways for multiple operations if one of the aircraft happens to be an A-380. A plan to both widen and relocate one of the runways to balance operations, similar as to what was done on the south side was rejected. So those two runways will no doubt be used more for smaller jets, TOs and landings with the widebodies utilizing the southern runways. The western end of the southern runways was totally rebuilt to give more operational room for the A380 to taxi towards the TB terminal.
I am not a pilot, but as far as runway length goes, If you have a fully loaded, fully fueled Qantas A380 taking off on 25L, do you have enough distance left at or just before V1 to abort the TO safely if you only can use 70K (degraded) maximum thrust? It may depend on day to day changing factors, if at all. The 72K thrust may be the guarantee it is OK.