[Source: The Standard, by Macharia Kamau]
Kenya Airways (KQ) on Friday notified its pilots of a plan to lay off a number of them as it continues with a restructuring exercise expected to see a substantial number of the airline’s employees rendered jobless.
The carrier had been in plans to reduce its size after Covid-19 broke and grounded nearly all its operations. It noted that even with the resumption of flights, it will still need another two to three years before the industry can normalise.
“We did an extensive internal review of operations in May 2020 and are inevitably forced to…
