For some reason wazuans decided to apply mob justice on this one. Same was done to Safaricom years back when it was indeed posting profits:
http://www.wazua.co.ke/f...px?g=posts&m=272922
KQ did poorly in 2013 but It cannot be equated to junk.
What is the definition of improved results to you?
Anyway the real culprit being referred to here is FY Fleet Ownership Costs [12.490b] versus [11.178b] +11.737%
http://www.rich.co.ke/rc...company.php?i=OA%3D%3Dh
Had this remained constant a different chorus (perhaps KQ theme song) would have played here.
Actually this could not be avoidable. In the business with cut-throat competition, especially where you compete with the likes of ET and Emirates that have full govt. support it is inevitable to mordenize your fleet.
The said 5 bob, 2 bob,0 bob or even -100 (Some are even expecting their brokers to pay them in order to pick some shares !!) will still have solid demand. I have not been keen on the 2013 results as stated earlier in this post but a rebound surely will come looking at Q3/14 and beyond. If they get their revenues right the fleet ownership cost of abt 15 bn will be manageable.