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Kenya Airways CEO Mikosz Set to Quit Before End of Contract

  • Ex-LOT CEO to leave Kenya’s state airline at the end of year
  • Loss-making carrier got government bailout three years ago
Kenya Airways CEO Sebastian Mikosz speaks to media during a strike by the airline workers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Kenya Airways CEO Sebastian Mikosz speaks to media during a strike by the airline workers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Photographer: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP
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Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Mikosz will step down from the troubled state airline five months before the end of his three-year contract, according to a staff memo seen by Bloomberg.

“I have made the decision to shorten my contract term and I have decided to resign on personal grounds effective Dec. 31,” Mikosz said in the letter sent to employees, without giving a reason. The CEO didn’t answer calls to his phone seeking comment.