Regional markets will continue to grow rapidly as ties within
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
strengthen, stimulating business and leisure travel. New,
efficient airplanes with improved capabilities and lower
operating costs are integral to carriers’ business strategies.
Southeast Asian airlines have dramatically increased their
airplane orders to meet growing demand and to open new,
direct, long-range markets. In fact, more than half of the
region’s forecast 2,460 single-aisle airplane deliveries over
the next 20 years are already on order.