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Business, Regional

Kenya Airways strike disrupts flights as passengers get stranded

Maravi Post Reporter
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Thousands of flights have been disrupted and passengers stranded following pilots strike at Kenya Airways.

Kenya airways is one of Africa’s biggest carriers but has been facing some challenges forcing Saturday’s strike, despite the government urging them to call it off.

The pilots union have called the strike over a dispute on pensions contributions and settlement of deferred pay for its members.

The company had earlier called the planned strike unlawful and warned it could jeopardise its recovery from the pandemic.

Kenya airways said it could lose at least 300 million shillings ($2.5 million) a day as a result of the strike.

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On Monday, a court ruling suspended the strike notice, but the pilots maintained the strike.

The Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) said the carrier’s management declined to listen to their proposals on how resolve their grievances.

“No KQ (Kenya Airways) aircraft has departed Jomo Kenyatta International Airport flown by a KALPA member from 6 a.m. this morning,” the union said in a statement. “The strike is fully in force.”

Thousands of business and leisure travellers have been hit hard by the strike.

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Source: Africafeeds.com

Source: Africa Feeds

Obituaries, Regional

Faulty Kenyan Airways with breathing hiccup claims passenger’s life

Angella Semu

NAIROBI-(MaraviPost)-Kenya Airways has disclosed that one of its passenger boarding a flight to Mombasa from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday evening has died after developing breathing difficulties before take off.

Kenyan Airways

The airline made the announcement in a statement issued on Wednesday night dated September 14.

“KQ regrets to announce that a passenger developed breathing difficulties this evening while boarding KQ612 that was scheduled for Mombasa at 1900hours.

“The JKIA Health and Security agencies are currently handling the issue. We convey our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased during this difficult time,” reads part of the airline’s statement.

According to The Star, the passenger is said to be the deputy governor of a county who was heading to the Governor’s induction in Mombasa.

This comes after another passenger died on board on same airline on September 2, 2022, at around 6.30 AM while heading to New York City in the United States.

Prior to this, Kenya Airways also confirmed the death of a passenger on one of its flights that was heading to Nairobi from New York after the passenger fell ill mid-air, forcing the flight KQ003 to divert to Casablanca, Morocco for a medical emergency.