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OPINION: Aviation distress, KQ in familiar territory
By Joseph Bonyo,
1340, July 31, 2020 (EAT)
The resumption of international flights in and out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from Saturday, August 1 is welcome. This shows that amids...
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KQ pilots slam airline management over planned job cuts
By Kepha Muiruri,
1030, July 7, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya Airways (KQ) Pilots represented by the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) have slammed the airline’s management over its nature of layof...
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Ex-KQ boss Sebastian Mikosz named IATA Vice President
By Kepha Muiruri,
1001, April 28, 2020 (EAT)
Former Kenya Airways (KQ) Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Mikosz is set to join the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as the associatio...
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KQ faulted for operating flights using crew who are supposed to be on quarantine
By Ian Omondi,
1235, March 25, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) has now faulted the Kenya Airways (KQ) management over the health and well-being of their flight crew ami...
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Kenyan pilots up in arms over KQ move to hire 20 foreigners
By Duncan Mutwiri,
1152, November 12, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) has decried the move by the national carrier to hire 20 foreign pilots. In a media briefing on Tuesday...
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KQ pilots call off planned strike as board insists on contract hires
By Kepha Muiruri,
2013, September 17, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airways pilots have shelved their planned strike which was set for this Friday even as the airline’s board maintains on the need for contractu...
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KQ flight cancellations: Pilots deny role as bosses threaten tough measures
By Kepha Muiruri,
1030, September 11, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airways pilots have dismissed claims that they are the largest contributors to the airline’s woes. This, even as it emerged that they had b...
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Kenya Airways CEO Sebastian Mikosz to step down
By Kepha Muiruri,
1208, May 25, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airways CEO Sebastian Mikosz has announced plans to exit the airline by the end of this year. In a memo to employees seen by Citizen Digital,...
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Pilots tell off KQ CEO over salaries claim
By Faizal Ahmed,
2009, April 17, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) now says it has lost faith in Kenya Airways Managing Director Sebastian Mikosz's ability to turn around the f...
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Police blasted for using ‘brutal force’ on striking JKIA staff
By Allan Irungu,
1712, March 8, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan pilots have condemned what they term as 'brutal and violent treatment' of striking workers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). ...
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Kenya Airways normalizes operations after weekend go slow
By Dennis Otieno,
2008, July 31, 2017 (EAT)
National Carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) says it is engaging its pilots to resolve a go slow that has affected operations since Saturday. While the airl...
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Kenya Airways board rules out sacking of CEO Mbuvi Ngunze
By Sophie Kinoti,
1712, November 4, 2016 (EAT)
Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer Mbuvi Ngunze will stay in office for the foreseeable future, after the airline’s board ruled out his sacking. ...
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Kenya Airways pilots withdraw strike notice ahead of release of business outlook
By Ephraim Mugo,
1359, November 3, 2016 (EAT)
Kenya Airways pilots allied to the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) have formally withdrawn their strike notice that had been deferred last mo...
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Govt in talks with KALPA, KQ management to avert Tuesday strike
By Sofia Ali,
1051, October 17, 2016 (EAT)
Government officials are locked in a meeting with Kenya Airways (KQ) management and the pilots union to resolve the stalemate between the airline and ...
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Contracted KQ staff down tools over poor working terms
By Mumbi Warui,
1902, October 14, 2016 (EAT)
More misery has engulfed the national Carrier Kenya Airways after close to 300 of its contracted workers through Career Direction Limited downed their...
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KQ CEO, chairman expected to exit
By Mumbi Warui,
2001, October 13, 2016 (EAT)
Kenya Airways Chief executive Mbuvi Ngunze and Chairman Dennis Awori are set to exit the Kenya Airways board by the end of the month. This as part ...
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Gov’t orders KQ pilots to call off planned strike
By Wangui Ngechu,
1749, October 13, 2016 (EAT)
The government has now called for the immediate withdrawal of the strike notice by KALPA terming it as economic and national sabotage. In a stateme...
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Kenya Airways threatens to abandon ticket sales over pilots’ strike
By Wangui Ngechu,
1224, October 13, 2016 (EAT)
The Kenya Airways Board has threatened to stop selling tickets on its networks if the Kenya Airline Pilot Association (KALPA) does not withdraw its s...
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KALPA issues strike notice in bid to oust KQ CEO
By Patrick Igunza,
1210, October 11, 2016 (EAT)
Pilots allied to the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) have threatened to down their tools unless Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer Mbuvi N...
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We have lost confidence in KQ management, KALPA says
By Beatrice Eghwa,
1647, July 27, 2016 (EAT)
The Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) has renewed calls for the dismissal of Kenya Airways (KQ) Chief Executive Officer Mbuvi Ngunze. The mo...
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