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Kenya Airways CEOSebastian Mikosz . PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI
Kenya Airways has been forced to cancel dozens of flights due to a shortfall in the required pilot numbers, it said in internal communication seen by Reuters.
The loss-making carrier, which is 48.9 per cent government-owned and 7.8 per cent held by Air France-KLM, sank into steep losses in 2014, causing some of its engineers and pilots to seek greener pastures, especially among deep-pocketed Gulf carriers.
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