One of the main (Airbus) argument to launch the A380 was that the increase in demand for travel, in an environment lacking airports expansions , and slots in those, would " naturally" favor VLAs . This has not come as fast as Airbus had forecast , but it will come , also in Singapore.
The other was not to leave Boeing alone in that market and possibly force them out of the VLA business. That they apparently succeeded .
As someone in Toulouse recently said : the fat lady as not stopped singing yet...