Certainly you would think so after reading the Boeing statement about the Indian market ;
Boeing Sees India Growth Among ?Greatest? in World (Update2) - Bloomberg.com
....Indian carriers may buy 1,000 new jets worth $100 billion in the next two decades, Dinesh Keskar, president of Boeing India, said in New Delhi today. The country accounts for 3 percent of Boeing’s commercial-jet market globally, he said.
and...
Keskar said. “‘The potential for future growth of air travel, both domestically and internationally, is among the greatest in the world.”
.... and also after all the exciting news comming out of other parts of the far -East ;
Singapore Air Loses Passengers to ?McDonald?s Model? Carriers - Bloomberg.com
PT Lion Mentari Airlines, Indonesia’s biggest low-fare carrier, is buying 178 Boeing Co. planes, the highest number for the aircraft maker in Asia over the last five years. Malaysia’s AirAsia, with a tagline “Now Everyone can Fly,” has ordered 175 aircraft from Airbus SAS, the largest client for single- aisle models in the region for the world’s biggest planemaker.
Hundreds of jobs in the near future for both A32X and B73X fleet expansion plans, undoubtedly plenty of position open for people willing to live the expat live.
to 4PW
Utter rubbish about SQ Cargo.
The company is renewing all contracts.
Not one pilot has been laid off and every flight is full to the gunnals.
I certainly hope you're right about that but given the current numbers there is certainly a risk that some planes will be parked for a long time to come and consequently jobs will have to go (also in the Cargo section I'm afraid), and as you know , contract renewals don't mean that much in SIN when it comes to job security for EXpats.
quote from same article in 2nd link
Singapore Air’s passenger numbers slumped 19 percent in June, the eighth consecutive drop