Tengenezeni faida ya kwanza ndio mfikirie hayo.
Yaan mmekuwa operational for more than 40 years ila kati ya miaka yote hamjawahi fikisha faida hata ya kununua ndege moja .
Profit Years Since Incorporation
1. Early Years (1993/94): First Profit
After several years of government ownership and restructuring, Kenya Airways recorded its first profit in the fiscal year 1993/94, as part of its reform and partial privatization efforts in the early 1990s .
2. Mid‑2000s — Strong Profitability
The airline continued its first profitable momentum into the 2004–05 and 2005–06 periods:
In 2005, net profit grew by 48% to USD 30 million in the half-year ending September 30, 2005 .
In the full year 2005/06, profit after tax rose to KES 4.83 billion from KES 3.88 billion, reflecting sustained performance .
3. Long Period of Losses (mid‑2010s to early 2020s)
Kenya Airways was consistently unprofitable from 2013 onwards:
Its last net profit before the downturn was in 2013, after which it posted annual losses through 2022 .
While it returned to an operating profit in 2023—reporting KES 10.5 billion—it still posted a net loss after tax of KES 22.7 billion .
4. 2024 – Return to Net Profit
In 2024, Kenya Airways posted its first full-year net profit since 2012, amounting to KES 5.4 billion (approx. USD 42–43 million) .
And in the first half of 2024, the airline reported a net profit of KES 513 million, its first half-year profit since 2013 .