Vueling pax soar due to clickair merger; AirAsia adds Vietnam to its JV portfolio

Shares in Vueling soared 9.2% yesterday, as the carrier reported a 94.8% increase in passenger numbers, to slightly over 675,000 in Jan-2010, as the number of flights offered by the carrier doubled, due to increased traffic volumes attributed to the carrier's merger with clickair in Jul-2009. Load factors slipped slightly, by 0.3 ppts, to 63.8%.