A Kenya Airways plane at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in
Nairobi. The airline’s pilots on Thursday went on strike paralysing
operations for several hours. PHOTO | FILE
By DOREEN WAINAINAH, dwainainah@ke.nationmedia.com
In Summary
National carrier Kenya Airways has resumed normal flight operations following yesterday’s disruption after pilots made good their threat to go on strike.
Pilots suspended the organised protest last night and
resumed duty with all flights scheduled for Friday morning having
already departed.
“All flights scheduled for this morning, with the
exception of KQ 526 to Yaoundé, which was cancelled for operational
reasons, have departed. The rest of today’s scheduled flights are crewed
for on time departure. We had 22 departures and six arrivals this
morning,” said the airline in a statement.
The airline’s pilots on Thursday went on strike
paralysing operations for several hours despite an earlier deal with
management to suspend industrial action.
The strike was called off late last evening
following a day-long crisis meeting with Transport Cabinet Secretary
James Macharia and KQ chairman Dennis Awori after which it was announced
that the airline’s human resource director had exited the company.
The pilots, through their union the Kenya Airline
Pilots Association (Kalpa), suspended their industrial action at 8 pm,
bringing to an end a day of heavy revenue losses for KQ occasioned by
cancellation of over 20 flights.
“We advise all our guests to ensure they check
their flights prior to departure through our KQ mobile app, website or
contact centre,” said the carrier in a statement.
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