Kenya Airways pilots defy sack threats to ground flights for third day

Kenya Airways (KQ) is facing its severest turbulence yet after the Covid-19 pandemic as the pilots’ union defied a court order and sack threats to ground its operations for the third day.

The labour dispute, which escalated after the Transport and Labour ministries failed to broker a deal, has seen more than 300 tonnes of perishable cargo rot at the airport and left thousands of passengers stranded. The airline had not resolved the crisis by the time of going to press.