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Kenya Airways records country’s worst ever loss

Kenya Airways Thursday highlighted the scale of the turnaround task at the company when it broke its own record for the country’s worst ever corporate results. The airline reported a net loss of Ks26.2b (US$258m) for 2015-16, up from Ks25.7b in the previous financial year, as its results were hit by a series of one-off items including a poor fuel hedging policy. Kenya Airways is seeking to recover from a failed expansion strategy, and, in spite of the record-breaking loss, analysts drew encouragement from an improvement in the company’s underlying performance. The airline’s operating loss narrowed from Ks16.3b in 2014-15 to Ks4.1b in 2015-16, and one analyst said: “From an operating perspective I think they’re really improving. They’re headed in the right direction and I don’t think they have anything major left to clear.” <br/>