Kenya Airways Chairman Prepares Exit Ahead of Pilot Walkout
- Unprofitable carrier will stop ticket sales if strike happens
- Pilots demand that CEO, chairman resign; plan Oct. 18 stoppage
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Kenya Airways Chairman Dennis Awori said he plans to leave Africa’s third-largest airline after a pilots union called for a seven-day strike to protest against his employment and the position of Chief Executive Officer Mbuvi Ngunze.
“‘I see myself leaving, yes,” Awori said by phone on Thursday. “I have begun the turnaround and honestly Kenya Airways needs somebody who has much more time than I have.”