Kenya Airways’ chairman to step down this year
Kenya Airways’ chairman has said he will step down this year as the crisis blighting the lossmaking airline escalated Sunday when outsourced staff failed to turn up for work, forcing flights to be cancelled. The disruption comes 2 days before the pilots’ union is set to begin industrial action in protest at management’s perceived failure to turn the company round after 4 years of losses despite a court ruling any strike would be illegal. Pilots are demanding that Dennis Awori, Kenya Airways’ chairman, and Mbuvi Ngunze, its CE, are replaced. Awori, who took over as chairman in November, said he would quit as chairman “in this quarter”. But he denied it was in response to the demands. “I took on the responsibility for a year to embed the turnaround plan,” he said. “The half-year results show the plan is working.” <br/>
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Kenya Airways’ chairman to step down this year
Kenya Airways’ chairman has said he will step down this year as the crisis blighting the lossmaking airline escalated Sunday when outsourced staff failed to turn up for work, forcing flights to be cancelled. The disruption comes 2 days before the pilots’ union is set to begin industrial action in protest at management’s perceived failure to turn the company round after 4 years of losses despite a court ruling any strike would be illegal. Pilots are demanding that Dennis Awori, Kenya Airways’ chairman, and Mbuvi Ngunze, its CE, are replaced. Awori, who took over as chairman in November, said he would quit as chairman “in this quarter”. But he denied it was in response to the demands. “I took on the responsibility for a year to embed the turnaround plan,” he said. “The half-year results show the plan is working.” <br/>
