Flight chaos hits Kenya Airways as key players locked in crisis talks

Captain Paul Gichinga Secretary General Kenya Airline Pilots Association Early this year, adress a press conference in a Nairobi hotel in which KALPA passed a vote of no confidence in Kenya Airways Group CEO, Mbuvi Ngunze. In calling for his immediate resignation. Photo by WILLIS AWANDU

Thousands of Kenya Airways customers were forced to reschedule their flights as the pilots’ strike formally started.

The national carrier had experienced disruption due to what it said was a strike by its pilots even as the pilots’ representative, Transport Minister James Macharia and board chairman Dennis Awori were holed up in crisis talks.