Notably, there have been significant up- grade programmers undertaken by Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in the Philippines and Changi Airport in Singapore. Both airports have underlined their vision for the future as being the industry leaders of their region or country, with Changi targeting to become the South-east Asian hub for inbound traffic from Europe and North America, and Diosdado Macapagal positioning itself as the primary airport of the Philippines.
The Asia-Pacific has seen very positive in- crease in passenger and cargo traffic over the past few years. The rising economic standards countries in the Asia-Pacific have driven demand for air travel and logistics, and have resulted congestion, prompting need for upgrades to accommodate more and bigger aircraft. The upgrading in Singapore's Changi and Malaysia's Senai has enlarged the airports' capacity to accommodate both cargo and passenger traffic,
Major aircraft manufacturers have identified point-to-point flying as one of the future trends in commercial aviation supporting low-cost carriers (LCC). Point-to-point commercial flights encourage the growth of more airports, even in smaller cities, as flying be ween cities become more affordable