I would think the A346 will remain on the HKG / SYD route for a while yet. Most of them are still on leases with a number of years to run, and as the lease companies do not want them back the early return charges would be high. The B787's are to replace the A343's and B747's
So wrong !
Rookie mistake the deliveries are phased over several years post 2015.
The Dreamliners ARE to replace all A340s.
Virgin current plans have a number of 744s in service through the rest of the decade.
The Hong Kong -Sydney extension isn't very profitable and could easily go away
The future for VS under DL tutelage is on the North Atlantic.