Kenya Airways’ technical department has suffered major exits with staff being poached by Middle East carriers over the past two years. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]
Kenya Airways has fired 140 employees from its technical department who have been on strike pushing for higher pay.
The national carriers issued the dismissal letters to the group on Wednesday evening after issuing three warning letters urging the employees to return to work.
The striking engineers and technicians are a fraction of the over 600 employees who make up the technical department.
The go-slow started on Tuesday with the engineers failing to work on aircrafts in the hangers for repairs and maintenance forcing Kenya Airways to let them go.
“Three warning calls were issued to the striking staff yesterday. As at 3 pm this afternoon, none of the striking employees had heeded this warning. Left with no other choice management has taken necessary action,” Kenya Airways chief executive director Sebastian Mikosz said.
Kenya Airways’ technical department has suffered major exits with staff being poached by Middle East carriers over the past two years.