Airline stocks climb in Korea, Japan and Taiwan, fall in China/India. Vietnam predicts strong growth

Asia Pacific airline shares were mixed yesterday, with North Asian airlines generally higher, led again by market darling Asiana Airlines (+4.8%), China Airlines (+4.6%) and EVA Air (+2.6%). Indian and Chinese airlines stocks were lower, including SpiceJet (-5.5%), China Eastern (-4.1%), Air China (-4.0%) and Kingfisher Airlines (-4.0%).