Signs of life are evident to me.. Gross profit up 42% +KES10.549B YoY and operating loss position up 76% +KES 12.240B YoY
. KQ despite turbulent times remains
a bold and treasured brand, voted as African Airline of The Year, Leading Business Class in Africa 2015, delivering 160 landing/takeoffs with uplift of over 10,000 passengers daily covering 54 global destinations. Operation Pride now at 25% of implementation, has achieved 113 improvement activities effected out of a total of 447 specific initiatives. Overall impact being 32% increase on recurrent annual income. The airline paid down KES 34.7B of its term debts in 2015-2016. Short term debt down to KES 14B from 26.4B in previous FY. The firm also managed to retain cash at hand; up 42% to KES 4.287B, implying resolution on immediate cash constraint issue.
10+ reasons to believe in operation pride atKQ:
1. End of hedging policy
2. Cut off on HOTAC and other operational expenses
3. Rightsizing of the workforce
4. Fuel efficient planes
5. Route optimization
6. Category 1 status at main hub
7. GoK guaranteed debt at reduced pay out
8. Sale of non critical assets
9. Global reduction in fuel costs
10. Revival in KE tourism
11. Budget carrier for booming middle-class
12. Cleaned-up board and management
13. Debt tenor restructure by main bankers
14. Financial revamp by transaction advisers
HF 30,000 ABP 3.49; KQ 414,100 ABP 7.92; MTN 15,750 ABP 6.45