KQ flying into fresh storm as pilots issue strike notice

National carrier Kenya Airways is facing a fresh labour crisis after its pilots and contract staff issued strike notices, whose withdrawals are pegged on heavy demands, including the exit of the airline’s top management.

The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (Kawu), whose membership is made up of about 2,500 workers, promised a crippling industrial action if KQ, as the national carrier is popularly known, fails to improve the working conditions of about 1,000 sub-contracted and non-unionised employees by Friday.