109. With regards to air services, there is now extensive coverage throughout the region
with the exception of Southern Thailand. The impressive growth in low cost carriers’
activities has resulted in greatly improved accessibility and coverage in much of the subregion.
In general, the aviation infrastructure is now of good quality and sufficient capacity is
available to cover growth to 2016. The one ‘hardware’ issue still outstanding is the need to
construct a new airport outside Medan, Sumatera.