Kenya Airways posts $138m pre-tax loss in 2025
Kenya Airways reported a pre-tax loss of 17.93 billion shillings ($138.30 million) in 2025 on Tuesday. The airline said it aimed to boost performance by adding an extra aircraft to its London Heathrow route in July.
Total revenue fell 14% to 161.47 billion shillings last year, reflecting an 18% reduction in capacity. Acting CEO George Kamal said the airline was also looking to add Boeing 777 freighters to its fleet to increase haulage capacity by 250 tons by the end of 2026. Chief Financial Officer Mary Mwenga said the company's weaker 2025 performance was partly caused by three of its wide-body Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets getting temporarily grounded because of global supply chain constraints. The airline's 2024 profit was helped by foreign-exchange gains, as the shilling strengthened more than 20% against the dollar that year.
On Monday, Kenya Airways said demand for seats on its flights had surged due to the effects of war in the Middle East, with most of the gains coming from Europe, the U.S. and Asia. George Kamal said, "We took advantage of the current situation and mainly rerouted a lot of customers from Europe. Instead of re-routing through the Gulf, they are back to reroute through Kenya, through our hub in Nairobi."
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Kenya Airways has released its financial report for 2025. The airline is working to improve its performance - but what challenges are they facing?
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