Pilot Strike Spurs Kenya Airways to Cancel 80% of Flights
- About 9,000 passengers’ travel impacted by industrial action
- On average, airline carries about 150 tons of fresh produce
A passenger at a Kenya Airways help desk during a pilot strike at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 6.
Photographer: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images
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Kenya Airways Plc canceled about 80% of normal flights out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on Monday with a pilots strike in its third day, disrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers and hurting intra-Africa trade.
“We have restored 20% of the network of our daily operations,” Chief Executive Officer Allan Kilavuka said in a statement. “We have reduced the number of disrupted passengers to around 9,000 from 12,000 yesterday by working with our partner airlines.”