Kenya Airways escalates fight with pilots, seeks to dissolve CBA

Kenya Airways has escalated the dispute with its striking pilots, filing contempt charges and seeking to withdraw recognition of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in the latest bid to try to force the defiant pilots union to end a work boycott that has grounded the airline’s flights since Saturday.

The national carrier, which also launched a recruitment drive for new pilots, adopted a hardline stance on Monday, rejecting calls to engage in further talks with the union unless it ended the industrial action.