Kenya Airways cancels flights after pilots stage 'go-slow' protest

Kenya’s national carrier is struggling to remain afloat.

Kenya Airways cancelled an unspecified number of flights on Monday after pilots refused to take up some shifts, the airline said in statement posted on its Twitter page.

"We have cancelled and combined some flights to manage the situation and to ensure our affected guests are taken care of," Kenya Airways said.

It is not yet clear why the pilots have gone on a "go-slow" barely months after they were on a similar strike demanding the exit of the then board chairman and chief executive.

Kenya Airline Pilots Association, KALPA the union that represents pilots, KALPA, were unavailable for comment.

Kenya Airways which carries 12,000 passengers a day and is one of the busiest airlines in Africa and therefore the go slow is likely to affect thousands of passengers.

The disruptions at the carrier started over the weekend.

Kenya Airways said their operations were slowly normalizing and asked travellers to keep checking the status of their flights through their contact center and social media.