Speculation for what? There are no results due for 6 months... unless there is something we do not know... BA-Iberia merger is the only major airline news that can affect KQ... could anyone be looking at a merger with KQ?

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB

pierce knows somethings..she has been for KQ last one week..twambie.

i love your smile....

Ever had a bath so hot,that as you lower urself in 'Oo! Oo! Oo! Aa! Aa! Aa..ahhh…ohhh yeahh eehhh yeahh!'.

@VituVingiSana

I was giving a comment on the share price not profits and not necessarily opposing your views. Am KQ shareholder and share price gains or profits would be good news but I believe were are on this site for objective discussion to help each other as members and then each member can make their own independent conclusions (or perhaps do further research). I have flown KQ a number of times and their Boeings are good and Morden,more than enough space to stretch your feet etc. but I don’t know if they still operate their older fleet (depends on where you are travelling to).

The details of the hedges are disclosed in the financial statements as required by IFRS. Although these position can be unwound any time,KQ tend to hedge 50 to 60%. When oil prices are high,they make gains and vice versa but the fact that they report huge gains/losses may be an indicator that the hedges are not effective. If fuel prices suddenly fall,they could report huge losses. You can check a number of previous years FS and there is a disclosure required for sensitivity of positions held. Although the information may not be detailed enough,it can give u a glimpse of risks etc. Some of the potential losses/gains are fair values which unless the position are unwound before contract maturity may not crystallise as actual losses/gains,especially if the contracts are rolled over but at very least represent opportunity costs (potential gains) from the volatility of oil prices. You cannot know how oil prices will move but there are a number of information/ price providers who estimate the forward curves of oil prices based on estimated production/ demand,information from commodity markets.

British Airways and Iberia are both making losses. So what does that mean when they merge?:

They will try to cut costs by cutting on manpower,consolidating flights and routes and maybe expand into new markets.

I do not see this affecting KQ/KLM in fact it should help them. Iberia is very strong in the south american market and I wonder how strong the KQ/KLM presence is there.

What KQ needs is improvement in all fields,Management,Service,Ivestment etc for them to remain relevant in the flying industry. Everyone wants to fly,but they do not want to fly in Matatus with bad mannered makanga's. The improvement has to begin at the home airport.



All beginnings are difficult ..... ..... everything has an end,only a sausage has two.

KQ briefly touched 29.50 but then fell back to 28. Resistance level or end of the line?

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB

the highest trade was at 30 Kshs.

funny thing the stock market is - one counter can just run off while other equally deserving counters are stagnating.

@ cnn,can we take a bet?

31st Mar 2010 - Kshs 50

I'm willing to bet Kshs 5,000

@ Mlefu and Pearce,the bet is on. I wonder why cnn is so shy to bet. umejificha wapi?

Pity we do not have options or a way to 'formalize' the betting going on!

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB