KQ puts on hold US, China routes as it resumes on Saturday

The CEO will take 80 per cent haircut, management 75 per cent and the rest between 25 and 50 per cent pay cut as the airline warns of total shut down.

Firm also announces unpaid leave for staff beginning April 1, says move meant to cushion their staff

Airline is struggling to stay afloat following cancellation of flights on major routes and a string of losses going back several years.

According to the carrier’s annual report for the year to December, the new CEO was paid Sh40.5m as salary.

The chief executive said it is time Africa’s leaders look at aviation as an essential industry, not luxury.

Approximately 70 per cent of total passengers carried last year were flown during the first three months of the year

?Kenya Airways (KQ) pilots have opposed the latest wave of pay cuts by the national carrier.

The airline launched its inaugural flight to the United States in October 2018.

Before he was headhunted to run Jambojet, the low-cost carrier owned by KQ, Kilavuka had previously tried getting a job at the airline.

Carrier’s passenger numbers plummeted and cargo flights far between as coronavirus grounded global travel.

The CEO will take 80 per cent haircut, management 75 per cent and the rest between 25 and 50 per cent pay cut as the airline warns of total shut down.

Firm also announces unpaid leave for staff beginning April 1, says move meant to cushion their staff