South Korea's Air Busan shares drop after plane fire

Air Busan

31/01/2025 24:10

SEOUL, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Shares of Air Busan
 298690.KS  dropped on Friday, after a plane belonging to the
budget carrier caught fire earlier this week. 
    Air Busan shares traded down 3.8% as of 0018 GMT, after
falling as much as 6.1% to 2,325 won. 
    It was the worst performer among South Korean airline
stocks, compared with rival T'Way Air  091810.KS.  up 9% and
Jeju Air  089590.KS  down 0.8%, while Korean Airlines
 003490.KS  and Asiana Airlines  020560.KS  were flat. 

 (Reporting by Jihoon Lee
Editing by Ed Davies)
 ((jihoon.lee@thomsonreuters.com;))