There are some very interesting thoughts discussed here. But it would seem that the main argument against the whale is it burns too much fuel and doesn't carry enough cargo.
As Syd is the only route to compare the Boeing and the Bus on it would seem it is not as cut and dry as it would seem. Using the flight plan ZFW Minus the upper DOW it shows the 777 can carry 41t from SYD to DXB as it is TOW limited.Taking It has 354 seats it is not carrying much if any freight on this sector. Each Kg of revenue carried needed 2.95kg of fuel. If we were to use the less seats Vs more Cargo argument, even the 345 would out perform this as it Carried 45t on the same sector for the same fuel burn (8.5t/hr 345 vs 8.6t/hr 773). But we know thats not right, so the extra 100 seats on the 777 must make difference.
The 380 on the Syd to DXB On the same date (16th) carried 60.2t (still 6.2t under MTOW). It has 489 seats so was carrying freight and each kg of revenue needed 3.1kg of fuel.
So what does all of this mean? It means we got ripped off in the pay review. The Profit Cher is as good as dead. And I really Couldn't couldn't care what aircraft does better than another, but it would seem the chance of staff travel is better on the 380 than the 777 on the longer sectors as it would appear to be less limited.
The Don