Kenya airways pilot strike

• Kenya Airlines Pilots Association (KALPA) downed their tools on Saturday, November 5, citing negligence from KQ management • The pilots defied a court order directing them to end the strike that entered its third day on Monday, November 7 • Over 12,000 passengers remained stranded at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as KQ rebooked passengers on other flights Read also Kenya Airways Pilots Maintain Hardline Stance as Strike Enters Day 4: "Threats Won't Work" Also affected are medical products which have not been flown to their destination. The strike is estimated to cost the national carrier about KSh 2.1 billion if it lasts up to one week. This came following KQ's threats to reduce the number of pilots from 400 to 207 over a three-year period. The airline announced on Sunday, November 6, that it KALPA demands immediate reinstatement of the staff provident fund reshuffling of KQ's top management in order to end the strike. "We are ready to call off the strike and to resume full operations with immediate effect. But this is dependent on KQ's management to heed their demands," KALPA said.

“During these official meetings, there has been no matter recorded as disagreed,” Kilavuka highlighted. “Furthermore, the union officials have neither used nor the dispute resolution mechanisms that are available to them as per labour laws. It is also unfortunate that KALPA has taken this action at a time when KQ is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and is beginning to record improvement in its operations. The airline is currently transporting over 250,000 passengers per month who contribute to the recovery of the tourism industry and other sectors of the economy,” the CEO added.

NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 5 – Kenya Airways pilots made their threat to go on strike from Saturday, paralyzing their airline’s operations. The airline has said the strike called by the pilots’ union, KALPA will cost it Sh300 million a day and Sh2.1 billion a week, a major blow to an airline already struggling to make profits. Talks between Cabinet Secretaries Kipchumba Murkomen (Transport) and Florence Bore (Labour) who met the airline officials and the union bore no fruits on Friday night and were set to resume on Saturday. The airline urged its customers Saturday to online contact Customer service if traveling within 48 hours. “Due to the ongoing industrial action by the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA), we are experiencing high call volumes at our Customer Excellence Centre,” it said in a statement, “kindly contact us only if traveling within 48 hours.” KQ Chief Executive Officer Allan Kilavuka described the strike as “unlawful, ill-timed and unnecessary at this point as it will delay and disrupt the ability of KQ to recover and eventually get the airline back to meeting all its obligations.” The pilots are accusing the airline of withdrawing the staff provident fund, victimization and harassment of union officials and KALPA members, non-adherence to regulations and the Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) as well as leadership and governance issues affecting them. The matter had been pending at the Labour Court which termed the strike illegal but they vowed to down ...

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• Kenya Airways pilots resumed operations on Wednesday, November 9, after a four-day pilots' strike that saw flights cancelled • The debt-ridden carrier made an estimated loss of about KSh 300 million per day, summing up to KSh 1.2 billion for the four days • The loss will lead to delays in salaries for November affecting over 3,500 employees who may not enjoy the festive season The airline’s chief people officer, Tom Shivo notified workers on Wednesday, November 16, about the salary delays explaining why their pay will be deferred. "Due to constraints occasioned by the reduction of revenue and unplanned expenditure incurred during the recent industrial action, the November 2022 payroll run is likely to be delayed,” Shivo said in a memo as reported by PAY ATTENTION: KQ pilots strike cost airline KSh 1.2b The Employment and Labour Relations Court ordered the pilots' union KALPA to return to work, directing KQ management to shelve penalties. The strike grounded operations leading to about 56 cancelled flights that saw the airline resort to stranded passenger accommodation.

09 November 2022 09:47 NAIROBI - Kenya Airways pilots returned to work on Wednesday after a court ordered them to end their days-long strike which had led to hundreds of flight cancellations and stranded thousands of passengers. The strike, which began on Saturday, exacerbated the woes facing the troubled national carrier, which has vowed to "do everything possible to return to normalcy in the shortest time". Hours after a Nairobi court ordered the pilots to return to work, the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) said its members would "resume duty" by 06:00 am (0300 GMT) on Wednesday -- the deadline stipulated by the judge. "The strike is off, we are back to work," a KALPA spokesperson told AFP Wednesday. Despite the announcement ending the strike, Kenya Airways' latest online update showed just 19 flights operating on Wednesday, fewer than the 26 scheduled the day before. KALPA launched the walkout at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in defiance of a court injunction issued last week against the strike, prompting the government to threaten the pilots with disciplinary action. In a breakthrough for the beleaguered airline, Justice Anna Mwaure on Tuesday ordered KALPA members to resume their duties "unconditionally" by 6:00 am Wednesday. Kenya Airways, which is part-owned by the government as well as Air France-KLM, is one of the biggest in Africa, connecting multiple countries to Europe and Asia. But it has been running losses for years, despite the gove...