Freedom Town, Kuwait - Jazeera Airways Group today announced its financial results for full year 2011, reporting a record KD10.6 million (US$ 38 million) in net profit for the year with an earnings per share of 0.048 fils, a record KD57.8 million (US$ 207.690 Million) in revenue for the year, up 36% from last year, and a record KD14.9 million (US$ 53.54 million) in operating profit for the year.

Highlights:

FY2011 Financial Highlights:
•    FY2011 revenue of KD57.8 million, up 36% from FY2010’s KD42.6 million
•    FY2011 operating profit of KD14.9 million, vs. KD1.0 million in 2010
•    FY2011 net profit of KD10.6 million, vs. FY2010’s net loss of KD2.8 million
•    FY2011 average yield: 46%

Q4 2011 Highlights*:
•    Q4’10 Revenue: KD13.3 million
•    Q4’10 Net profit: KD1.3 million
(*Announced today.  CMA regulations state  timely disclosure of Q1, Q2, and Q3 only)

The company also announced its fourth quarter 2011 results, reporting a net profit before tax of KD1.4 million and revenues of KD13.3 million.

Established in 2005, Jazeera Airways Group is a Kuwait Stock Exchange-listed company with over 12,000 shareholders.  The company has a fleet of 12 fully-owned Airbus A320s, evenly distributed between its airline business, Jazeera Airways, and its leasing-arm Sahaab Aircraft Leasing.  Sahaab has assets placed with Virgin America, Sri Lanka Airlines, and Jazeera Airways.

Jazeera Airways Group Chairman Marwan Boodai said, “The year 2011 was a record-breaking year despite the continued over capacity, the impact of political unrest on travel within our network, and an increasing fuel cost.  Jazeera Airways today has a solid network, increasing load factors, reduced cost, and high aircraft utilization, in addition the aircraft leasing arm has assets deployed across the globe, from the US to the Middle East to Asia. Jazeera Airways Group today has a sustainable business model that has generated sustainable profitability quarter-on-quarter for six quarters in-a-row.”

2011 in review

Speaking to investors and analysts in a webcast held today to announce FY2011 results, Boodai gave an overview of the company’s focus areas and milestones in 2011. He said, “We had three priorities in 2011. First, building on the momentum of record-breaking returns seen in Q3 and Q4 2010. Second, successfully mitigating the impact of the political unrest on the business. And third, capturing a strong market share on the Cairo-Kuwait route that was launched in May 2011.”

Boodai said, “2011 was a challenging year but a record-breaking year as well for Jazeera Airways. Our priorities for 2012 are to grow load factor while maintaining high yields and we believe we will be able to achieve this goal because we have the right network with the right capacity, the right product for our market, and a tried and tested team that has successfully navigated the company through the last two years with flying colors.”

2012 Outlook

The company’s outlook for 2012 continues to be positive in-line with a growing Kuwaiti economy, which continues to witness higher incomes despite international and regional economic pressures. Boodai said, “The year 2011 witnessed varying external challenges, from multiple revolutions taking place in our network to fuel price hikes at both ends of the year, despite that 2011 was a record-breaking year for us.  As the region returns to calm we look forward to the continuation of our strong performance.”

Source:  Jazeera Airways Group

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